Science news articles about 'swine flu'

ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials have diagnosed a unique type of swine flu in two California children, but it's unclear whether many people will be susceptible to the infection....

... triggered an enduring public backlash against flu vaccination, embarrassed the federal government and cost the director of the CDC his job. Warren D. Ward, 48, was in high school when the swine flu threat of 1976 swept the U ...

... it? What are symptoms? And more details. Swine flu facts WHAT IS IT? Swine flu is a general term ... viruses adapted to pigs. Swine flu can infect humans, most often from a pig to someone handling ...

... the world are today on high alert for a possible swine flu pandemic as the death toll from the virus ... said a young man who had recently been in Mexico had been confirmed as having swine flu, and 17 other people were under investigation ...

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 27 (UPI) -- Countries worldwide are taking precautions to prevent the swine flu outbreak from crossing their borders, the World Health Organization in Geneva said.

Three of the four Nova Scotia students who contracted swine flu are symptom-free and no longer in isolation, the school's headmaster says.

... rapidly developing swine flu scare has activated a global response from the public health community ... remain realistic and calm concerning the scope of the problem, according to one of the world's leading experts on swine viruses ...

... , the CDC says. Don't count on those disposable masks to completely protect you against the swine flu percolating around the globe ...

... 're not getting enough up-to-the-minute news about swine flu, you can log in to Twitter to get updates from the government's Centers for Disease Control. CBS ...

Experts say beware the e-mails from strangers that reference swine flu and could contain links to malicious sites or harbor data stealing code in attachments.

... secretary, thrusting the former Kansas governor into the middle of the public health emergency involving swine flu ...

... swine flu virus that is smoldering in this country and triggering a full-blown outbreak in Mexico is one of a growing number ...

... the roughly 300,000 pigs in the country Wednesday as a precautionary measure against the spread of swine flu even though no cases ...

Here are some reasons why it's hard to make a magic bullet against the new swine flu, or any flu, in time to make a difference.

Virulent swine flu swept deeper into Europe Wednesday, extending its global reach as President Barack Obama ...