Health officials are reminding Americans that the H1N1 flu is still around and causing serious illness, particularly in the Southeast.
Federal health officials urged Friday that more Americans get vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus, sometimes referred to as swine flu, which continues to kill.
The H1N1 influenza virus is still circulating and causing illness, hospitalization and death, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday as officials made another call for vaccination.
Santa is asking for the H1N1 vaccine to protect himself and the children he'll be seeing this year. WFTS reports.
As H1N1 cases are rising, so are bacterial pneumonia cases, health officials are finding.
CNN's Elizabeth Cohen shows us places where germs could be lurking that people often overlook.
Air travelers bracing themselves for the annual Thanksgiving rush this week may have something else to fret about: passengers who could be bringing a little extra baggage of the viral kind on board.
Health officials on Friday reported a slight decrease in H1N1 flu activity nationwide.
Nearly 3,900 people, including about 540 children, are believed to have died from the H1N1 flu in the first six months of the epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
Nearly all healthy pregnant women who receive a single dose of the H1N1 flu vaccine will be protected from that flu, according to just-released clinical trial data.
As more people are getting sick from the H1N1 flu virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting that the production of the H1N1 vaccine is slower than expected.
The CDC reports that the production of the H1N1 vaccine is slower than expected.
New research suggests that nearly half of patients hospitalized with the H1N1 virus had no underlying conditions, an increase from prior findings, a federal health official said Tuesday.
The rollout of vaccine intended to protect against the global pandemic of H1N1 influenza is continuing on or ahead of schedule, a federal health official told reporters Thursday.
Federal authorities said Tuesday that health care providers could consider simply watching for flu symptoms in some individuals rather than prescribing preventive antiviral drugs right away if a person has been exposed to the flu.
An infant girl delivered prematurely from her mother, who has the swine flu virus, has died, hospital officials said Monday.
The World Health Organization raised the swine flu alert Thursday to its highest level, saying the H1N1 virus has spread to enough countries to be considered a global pandemic.
A report released Thursday commended the government for developing plans and stockpiling antivirals after the avian flu scare but warned that gaps still exist and that the health system may not be prepared in a more severe outbreak.
Public health officials are seeing a number of outbreaks of swine flu at schools nationwide, but closing those schools may not always be the best public health measure, a federal scientist said Tuesday.
Larry King talks with the husband of the first U.S. victim of the H1N1 virus, known as swine flu, about his wife's death.
Health officials say the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the swine flu, is likely to cause more illnesses and deaths in the United States, even though much of the initial anxiety has eased.
In a bustling room full of computers, giant wall-mounted monitors and constantly ringing telephones, a newly gathered army is fighting a war.
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta goes inside the CDC to see how the agency is responding to the swine flu outbreak.
As reports of swine flu continue to rise in the United States and around the world, the average American is probably asking, "How should I protect myself?"
A total of seven cases of a previously undetected strain of swine flu have been confirmed in humans in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. None of the patients has had direct contact with pigs.
When Katie Shutters's 13-month-old daughter, Averie, was born, she followed the recommended vaccine schedule for two months. Then she did some research and decided to hold off on additional shots until Averie turned 9 months old. "I liked the idea of my breast milk giving her the immunities she needs and allowing her body to work for her instead of some medicine," says the stay-at-home mom from Indianapolis, Indiana. "She isn't in daycare, and we don't travel overseas. I had concerns about injecting her for no reason."
Health officials blame a spike of reported U.S. measles cases on importation and lack of vaccinations.
Sixty-four cases of measles have been diagnosed in the United States this year, the most in seven years, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC is citing a lack of vaccinations for a measles outbreak this year. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
A CDC survey finds that American adults are failing to get themselves immunized, putting themselves at unnecessary risk for disease
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