<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Swine Flu: News &amp; Videos about Swine Flu - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Swine_Flu</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Swine Flu from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:25:54 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Swine Flu: News &amp; Videos about Swine Flu - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/HEALTH/11/06/face.mask.swine.flu/tztop.n95.face.mask.gi.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Swine_Flu</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Swine Flu from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Respirator or face mask? Best H1N1 protection still debated</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/06/face.mask.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/06/face.mask.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A preliminary report suggesting that N95 respirators -- filtering devices worn over the mouth and nose -- protect against swine flu better than surgical face masks seems to be incorrect, researchers revealed during a meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>H1N1 is now world's dominant flu virus, World Health Organization says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/05/h1n1.flu.who.global/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/05/h1n1.flu.who.global/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The H1N1 virus has now become the dominant influenza virus around the globe, with high levels and an increase of activity in many regions, the World Health Organization said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Swine flu fears over football spitting</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/28/footballers.spit.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/28/footballers.spit.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A UK health agency has warned footballers to stop their "disgusting" habit of spitting as it could lead to the spread of the H1N1 virus.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Laing of Capitals latest to contract swine flu</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/hockey/nhl/10/28/capitals.swine.flu.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/hockey/nhl/10/28/capitals.swine.flu.ap/index.html</guid><description>WASHINGTON - The Washington Capitals say forward Quintin Laing has the swine flu, making him at least the third NHL player to be diagnosed with the illness this week.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Asthma and swine flu: Here's what to do</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/28/asthma.swine.flu.h1n1/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/28/asthma.swine.flu.h1n1/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Nearly one-third, or 28 percent, of adults and children hospitalized with H1N1, also known as swine flu, have asthma. That's more than any other chronic condition, according to a recent analysis of cases published in the New England Journal of Medicine.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A H1N1 flu to-do (and don't do) list</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/swine.flu.checklist/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/swine.flu.checklist/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Swine flu vaccines are rolling out this month -- finally. Health-care workers in Indiana and Tennessee were the first to get the nose-spray version, while New Yorkers clamoring for the H1N1 vaccine finally had their chance too.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>H1N1 vaccinations rolled out in UK</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/h1n1.flu.vaccinations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/h1n1.flu.vaccinations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A mass H1N1 immunization program began in the UK Wednesday, with the country's health minister urging all priority groups to take up the vaccine.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New York suspends mandatory flu shots</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/new.york.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/new.york.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>New York public health workers will no longer be required to be vaccinated against both the seasonal and H1N1 flu virus, state officials announced Thursday, prompted by a vaccine shortage.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hand sanitizer in short supply as swine flu hits</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/22/news/economy/hand_sanitizer/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/22/news/economy/hand_sanitizer/index.htm</guid><description>Demand for hand sanitizer has gone through the roof since the first cases of swine flu broke out earlier this year, and some makers of the germ-fighting gels are scrambling to keep up.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CNN Student News Learning Activity: H1N1 Virus</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/studentnews/04/27/activity.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/studentnews/04/27/activity.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Students will learn about the H1N1 virus (commonly known as swine flu) and research why officials are concerned about the H1N1 pandemic. Students will also learn about the measures that are being taken by international, federal and local health authorities to prevent the spread of colds and the flu and a possible outbreak of influenza.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Young people are at risk for H1N1 complications, studies say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/13/h1n1.flu.young.adults/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/13/h1n1.flu.young.adults/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An analysis of the sickest swine flu patients in Australia, Canada, Mexico, and New Zealand suggests that relatively healthy adolescents and young adults are among the most likely to get very sick after an H1N1 infection, a pattern similar to that seen in the 1918 influenza pandemic.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>To vaccinate or not? Some wary on H1N1 choice</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/09/h1n1.vaccine.skepticism/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/09/h1n1.vaccine.skepticism/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Mary Peterson of Des Moines, Washington, doesn't believe the vaccine for the novel H1N1 flu has been studied enough to get it for herself and her daughters, who are 1 and 3 years old.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>As first vaccines go out, H1N1 questions answered</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/06/h1n1.vaccine.questions/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/06/h1n1.vaccine.questions/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For 13-year-old Brandon Marti, the intranasal vaccine felt "good," "cold" and "watery" at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx, New York, on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What to know about getting H1N1 vaccine</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/30/h1n1.vaccine.decision/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/30/h1n1.vaccine.decision/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Next week, the long-awaited H1N1 vaccine is expected to arrive. At least three of the four vaccine makers have begun shipping their products to undisclosed distribution centers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. prepares for possible swine flu epidemic as global cases rise</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/26/swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/26/swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United States stepped up preparations for a possible swine flu epidemic, and Canada confirmed its first cases on Sunday as researchers worked to determine how contagious the virus could be.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Students and H1N1 mingle on campus</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/22/h1n1.flu.college.students/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/22/h1n1.flu.college.students/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The reminders are everywhere: Wash your hands.  Use hand sanitizers.  Stay away from class if you're sick.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Inside China's H1N1 vaccine laboratories</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/16/china.swine.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/16/china.swine.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Every day, tens of thousands of fertilized hen eggs are delivered to Sinovac laboratories in Beijing. Each egg is infected with the H1N1 virus, then incubated for three days. White-coated employees examine every egg individually before the virus is extracted and used to make a vaccine.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suspected H1N1 flu outbreak hits 2,600 at Washington State</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/10/washington.flu.university/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/10/washington.flu.university/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An outbreak of flu at Washington State University shows few signs of slowing down as more students report symptoms suspected of being from the H1N1 virus, school officials said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Feds update H1N1 antivirals guidelines</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/08/swine.flu.antivirals/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/08/swine.flu.antivirals/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>2,500 suspected cases of H1N1 reported at university</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/09/washington.flu.university/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/09/washington.flu.university/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An outbreak of flu at Washington State University showed few signs of slowing down as more students continued to report symptoms suspected of being from the H1N1 virus, school officials said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China set to provide first swine flu vaccines</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/09/china.swine.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/09/china.swine.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China has developed a vaccine for swine flu and is set to become the first country in the world to begin mass inoculations, but there are concerns over possible side effects, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dr. Gupta offers advice to parents on H1N1</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/01/parents.h1n1.flu.guide.gupta/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/01/parents.h1n1.flu.guide.gupta/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Over this past week, I had some interesting conversations with colleagues who are also health care professionals. These conversations usually start with, "You know what I hate about the media ... ?"</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Swine flu could cause up to 90,000 U.S. deaths</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/24/us.swine.flu.projections/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/24/us.swine.flu.projections/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The H1N1 flu virus could cause up to 90,000 U.S. deaths, mainly among children and young adults, if it resurges this fall as expected, according to a report released Monday by a presidential advisory panel.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama administration urges employer flexibility in H1N1 fight</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/19/employers.h1n1/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/19/employers.h1n1/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Obama administration Wednesday urged employers to adopt "flexible and non-punitive" sick-leave policies as it released new guidelines for containing the spread of the H1N1 virus in the coming flu season.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>In time of swine flu, add sanitizer, tissues to school supply lists</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/07/swine.flu.h1n1.schools/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/07/swine.flu.h1n1.schools/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Even 6-year-olds at Hamilton Central School in central New York came to school prepared for swine flu. Jessica Poyer, a first-grade teacher, noticed in the spring that kids had begun bringing their own hand sanitizer, tissues and water bottles.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Global swine flu deaths top 1,100</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/05/swine.flu.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/05/swine.flu.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than 1,100 people worldwide have died from swine flu since it emerged in Mexico and the U.S. in April, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Federal panel issues H1N1 vaccine guidelines</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/29/CDC.H1N1.vaccine.guidelines/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/29/CDC.H1N1.vaccine.guidelines/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A federal advisory committee issued sweeping guidelines Wednesday for a vaccination campaign against the pandemic swine flu strain, identifying more than half the U.S. population as targets for the first round of vaccinations.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Costa Rican president sick with swine flu</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/11/costa.rica.president.h1n1.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/11/costa.rica.president.h1n1.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the swine flu, the government said in a televised statement on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. students face second quarantine in China</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/28/china.students.quarantine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/28/china.students.quarantine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A group of U.S. students touring China are gaining an experience they had not expected -- a second round in quarantine following a positive test of the H1N1 flu virus, a chaperone for the group said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>School: No shortage of volunteers for swine flu vaccine trials</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/25/swine.flu.vaccine.volunteers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/25/swine.flu.vaccine.volunteers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Days after the U.S. government announced upcoming trials for an H1N1 flu vaccine, Saint Louis University has been inundated with phone calls and e-mails from people volunteering for the study.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Swine flu shuts down summer youth camp</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/25/norway.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/25/norway.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An international youth camp in western Norway is being shut down after swine flu broke out among the teenagers, the organizers, 4H Norway, announced Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New swine flu cases double to 100,000 in UK</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/24/swine.flu.uk/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/24/swine.flu.uk/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>There were 100,000 new cases of swine flu in England last week, nearly double the number from the previous seven days, authorities announced Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Swine flu drug sales soar amid stockpiling</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/07/22/swine.flu.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/07/22/swine.flu.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sales of the flu drug Relenza shot up 1,900 percent from a year ago as governments around the world stockpiled in preparation for a swine flu pandemic, drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Australia to begin first human test of swine flu vaccine</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/07/21/australia.swine.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/07/21/australia.swine.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The first human trials of a swine flu vaccine are expected to start in Australia Wednesday, as the World Health Organization confirmed that more than 700 people had died from the virus worldwide.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Baby delivered prematurely from swine flu patient dies</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/20/swine.flu.baby.death/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/20/swine.flu.baby.death/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An infant girl delivered prematurely from her mother, who has the swine flu virus, has died, hospital officials said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Airlines stop swine flu victims flying</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/07/20/airlines.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/07/20/airlines.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>British airlines have put into effect measures to stop people with swine flu boarding flights in a bid to prevent the virus from spreading further.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK swine flu cases third worst in the world</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/10/swine.flu.uk/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/10/swine.flu.uk/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The UK now has the third highest number of cases worldwide, after the U.S. and Mexico, according from the British government data.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>States told to prepare for worst-case swine flu scenario</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/09/obama.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/09/obama.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told government leaders at a swine flu preparedness summit Thursday that a vaccine to fight the H1N1 virus should be ready for distribution in mid-October.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China reports mainland swine flu case</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/conditions/05/11/china.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/conditions/05/11/china.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Mainland China reported its first case of swine flu -- a 30-year-old man "currently enrolled in a university in the United States," the country's ministry of health said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fake Tamiflu 'out-spams Viagra on Web'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/03/swine.flu.drugs.warning/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/03/swine.flu.drugs.warning/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The number of Internet scammers offering fake anti-swine flu drug Tamiflu has surpassed those selling counterfeit Viagra, a UK body said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Aborigines at 'higher risk' of swine flu</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/02/aborigine.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/02/aborigine.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Australia's Aboriginal people are at greater risk from the H1N1 virus, the country's health minister has warned.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Girl, 9, dies of swine flu as UK cases jump</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/29/swine.flu.death.uk/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/29/swine.flu.death.uk/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A nine-year-old girl has died in Britain from the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, as authorities reported a jump in the number of cases in the country.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Travelers to China risk 'random' quarantine</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/06/20/china.quarantine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/06/20/china.quarantine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Travelers to China who display flu-like symptoms may be randomly quarantined over concerns of the swine flu virus, the U.S. State Department warned.</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>3 kids at camp in Georgia get swine flu</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/18/georgia.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/18/georgia.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three children at a summer camp in northern Georgia have contracted swine flu and dozens more have been separated from other campers after showing signs of the flu, but all are recovering, authorities said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scotland reports first 'swine flu' death outside Americas</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/15/swine.flu.scotland.death/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/15/swine.flu.scotland.death/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A person with swine flu died in Scotland on Sunday, the government announced, marking the first known death of a swine flu patient outside of the Americas, according to the latest World Health Organization information.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Swine flu cases near 30,000 worldwide</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/12/swine.flu.update/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/12/swine.flu.update/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The number of swine flu cases is closer to reaching 30,000, the World Health Organization reported Friday, a day after declaring the start of a global pandemic.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WHO raising swine flu alert level, U.S. says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/27/swine.flu.international/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/27/swine.flu.international/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert level in response to the outbreak of swine flu that originated in Mexico.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans mayor quarantined in China for possible flu exposure</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/07/china.nagin.flu.virus/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/07/china.nagin.flu.virus/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, has been quarantined in China after possible exposure to the H1N1 virus, his office said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mets insist Beltran and Maine don't have swine flu</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/06/03/mets.swineflu/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/06/03/mets.swineflu/index.html</guid><description>Mets people insist that center field star Carlos Beltran and starting pitcher John Maine do not have swine flu or any of several symptoms of the virus in the wake of a swine flu scare involving another member of the Mets' traveling party.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China quarantines U.S. school group over flu concerns</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/28/us.china.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/28/us.china.swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A group of students and teachers from a Maryland private school have been quarantined in China because of swine flu concerns, a school spokeswoman said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 01:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Candidate virus for H1N1 vaccine arrives at CDC</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/22/swine.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/22/swine.flu.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received a candidate vaccine virus for swine flu from one institution Friday, spokesman Thomas Skinner said in an e-mail.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 20:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Utah reports first swine flu death; NYC has closed 21 schools</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/20/swine.flu.death/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/20/swine.flu.death/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Utah man with chronic health problems died Wednesday from complications associated with swine flu, a local health official said. If confirmed, it would be the ninth U.S. fatality associated with the flu outbreak.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 23:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Swine flu tops 10,000 cases worldwide</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/19/swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/19/swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The number of confirmed H1N1 flu cases worldwide surpassed 10,000, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 01:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: Closing schools in face of swine flu may not be best choice</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/19/swine.flu.schools.nyc/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/19/swine.flu.schools.nyc/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 22:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'We are not out of the woods' with new flu, CDC warns</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/18/swine.flu.update/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/18/swine.flu.update/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 22:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Number of H1N1 cases nears 10,000</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/19/swine.flu.cases/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/19/swine.flu.cases/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The number of confirmed H1N1 flu cases worldwide is nearing 10,000, the World Health Organization said Tuesday morning.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 17:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll: Americans' concerns over H1N1 virus easing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/19/med.swine.flu.poll/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/19/med.swine.flu.poll/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A new national poll indicates that only one in six Americans is worried that someone in the family will get the H1N1 flu.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 10:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: Underlying condition present in N.Y. swine flu death</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/18/swine.flu.ny.death/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/18/swine.flu.ny.death/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An assistant principal who died after being hospitalized with the H1N1 virus did have an underlying condition, the New York City's health commissioner said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 20:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Three NYC schools closing for week over H1N1 flu</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/14/new.york.school.closures.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/14/new.york.school.closures.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Five new cases of the H1N1 virus in New York City schools will force three schools to close for a week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a news conference Thursday evening.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 03:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WHO reports big jump in swine flu cases</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/09/swine.flu.cases/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/09/swine.flu.cases/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The World Health Organization on Saturday reported 3,440 confirmed cases of swine flu in 29 countries, with 48 deaths from the sickness.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 11:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WHO reports 2,500 cases of swine flu</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/08/swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/08/swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The World Health Organization on Friday reported 2,500 confirmed cases of swine flu in 25 countries, with 44 deaths from the disease.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 01:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>2 U.S. swine flu dead had other health problems, officials say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/07/swine.flu.us.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/07/swine.flu.us.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Both people who died of swine flu in the United States had pre-existing health problems, federal health authorities said Thursday in a report.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 16:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Swine flu, part II: What's in store in the months to come</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/07/swine.flu.future/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/07/swine.flu.future/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With mostly mild cases of swine flu in the United States, swine flu fears are lessening. But viruses have a way of re-appearing. While nobody has a crystal ball, here are some thoughts about what the 2009 H1N1 virus might do in the months to come.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 15:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Swine flu origins mysterious in 'genetic arms race'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/06/swine.flu.origins/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/06/swine.flu.origins/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>While investigators trudge through pig farms and remote villages in Mexico, searching for clues about the new swine flu, answers about the virus' origin may finally appear on a computer, based on genetic codes.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 19:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Canada: Farmer possibly gave swine flu to pigs</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/03/swine.flu.canada/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/03/swine.flu.canada/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than a week after the swine flu outbreak rattled the world, with cases of infected people popping up from Mexico to South Korea, the new virus strain has shown up in a herd of swine.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 03:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wild boars killed in Iraq over swine flu fears</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/03/iraq.boars/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/03/iraq.boars/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three wild boars were put to sleep in Iraq on Friday because of swine flu fears, a zoo official said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 11:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Farmer may have given swine flu to pigs, Canada says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/02/swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/02/swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than a week after the swine flu outbreak rattled the world, with cases of infected people popping up from Mexico to South Korea, the new virus strain has shown up in a herd of swine.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 02:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Earliest case of swine flu tucked away in Mexico, officials say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/swine.flu/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Tucked away in this small mountain village, off a dusty road flanked by pig farms, is where the earliest case of swine flu -- a virus spreading globally -- was confirmed.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 00:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WHO fears swine flu pandemic imminent</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/29/swine.flu.international/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/29/swine.flu.international/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The World Health Organization raised the swine flu alert to level five Wednesday indicating it fears a pandemic is imminent.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>