Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on Feb. 5, 1976. On that bitter cold day, he collapsed and died. Autopsy specimens unexpectedly ...
Those exposed are taking extra precaution to keep the virus from spreading. April 26, 2009— -- When Patrick Henshaw's son became sick last Friday, little did he know that the 18-year-old had ...
The number of Australian cases of the virus, commonly known as swine flu, has reached more than 1,200, with state and federal medical officers set to hold an emergency meeting in ...
Pigs could play a key role in ending the flu as we know it. That’s the message behind new research testing a computer-designed vaccine that protects swine from flu—and may one day do the same for ...
The CDC is preparing for the potential spread of H1N1 swine flu viruses in China that have “pandemic potential,” according to the American Hospital Association. The “G4” Eurasian avianlike H1N1 ...
Dec. 12 -- FRIDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Swine flu infection rates continue to drop, U.S. health officials said Friday, with only 14 states reporting widespread H1N1 activity, down from 25 ...
BACKGROUND: By this past July, 99 percent of all Americans tested for the flu tested positive for the H1N1 virus. The virus causes symptoms similar to that of regular, or "seasonal" flu, including ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The H1N1 swine flu virus may have been new to humanity in many ways but in one key feature its closest relative was the 1918 pandemic virus, researchers reported on Wednesday.
How can we monitor the cross-species transmission of avian flu? The answer is FluWarning, a digital system that reports ...