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• Although Swine Flu Cases Are Up, U.S. Officials Are Guardedly Optimistic

  May 4 (HealthDay News) -- The number of confirmed swine flu cases in the United ...

• Swine Flu: A Primer

  May 4 (HealthDay News) -- Dr. Charles Ericsson, head of clinical infectious disease at the ...

• Swine Flu Outbreak Not a Pandemic, Yet

  May 3 (HealthDay News) -- Although the number of swine flu cases continued to climb ...

• Scope of Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico Might Be Smaller Than Thought

  May 2 (HealthDay News) -- The scope of the swine flu outbreak in Mexico might ...

• Swine Flu: A Primer

  May 1 (HealthDay News) -- Dr. Charles Ericsson, head of clinical infectious disease at the ...

• WHO Raises Swine Flu Alert

  April 30 (HealthDay News) -- The World Health Organization on Wednesday raised the swine flu ...

• Swine Flu Vaccine Still Months Away

  April 30 (HealthDay News) -- In the face of a possible swine flu pandemic, U.S. ...

• U.S. Reports First Swine Flu Death

  April 29 (HealthDay News) -- A 23-month-old child in Texas has become the first U.S. ...

• Some Reports Put Number of U.S. Swine Flu Cases at 50

  April 28 (HealthDay News) -- The number of confirmed cases of swine flu in the ...

• Experts Say Panic Over Swine Flu Is Premature

  April 28 (HealthDay News) -- As the death toll from swine flu in Mexico rises and ...

• U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency in Response to Swine Flu

  April 27 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials declared a public health emergency Sunday in ...

• WHO Warns of Possible Pandemic as Mexico Seeks to Contain Swine Flu

  April 26 (HealthDay News) -- Mexican authorities continued to take dramatic steps over the weekend ...

• U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency in Response to Swine Flu

  April 26 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials declared a public health emergency Sunday in ...

• WHO Warns of Possible Pandemic as Mexico Seeks to Contain Swine Flu

  April 25 (HealthDay News) -- Mexican authorities continued to take dramatic steps Saturday to try ...

• At Least 16 Dead, Hundreds Ill in Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico

  April 24 (HealthDay News) -- Mexican officials took extraordinary steps Friday to try to contain ...

• Swine Flu Cases Now Total 7: CDC

  April 23 (HealthDay News) -- Seven people in California and Texas have now been diagnosed ...

• Mild Flu Season Coming to a Close

  April 16 (HealthDay News) -- Confirming earlier reports, U.S. health officials said Thursday that the ...

• Rapid Test to Detect Bird Flu in People Approved

  April 8 (HealthDay News) -- A rapid test to detect the H5N1 strain of avian ...

• Flu Strikes a Milder Blow This Season

  April 8 (HealthDay News) -- As the flu season winds down, experts say this has ...