Although very few Americans have developed serious swine flu complications, those who have are surprisingly young, United States health officials said Wednesday.
Only 35 people have been hospitalized with confirmed swine flu infections, but their median age is 15, said Dr. Richard E. Besser, the acting director of the Centers for …

Health officials told lawmakers Wednesday it took only two weeks to identify the genetic characteristics of swine flu, and they are in good position to quickly produce a vaccine if the flu takes a turn for the worse.
At the same time, the officials cautioned members of a House Foreign Affairs …

The frenzy over swine flu may be fading out, but the jokes keep on coming.
Among celebrities, on late night TV and across the Internet, swine flu (officially re-branded the “H1N1 flu,” a name change about as likely to stick as Prince’s multi-symbol moniker) has turned into a punch line. It …

For health authorities worldwide, the question remained how far the virus would spread and how serious would it be. The WHO remained at pandemic alert level 5, meaning a pandemic is imminent.
“If it spreads around the world you will see hundreds of millions of people get infected,” the WHO’s Dr. …

A Texas woman with the H1N1 flu virus died earlier this week, state health officials said, the second death outside of Mexico, where the epidemic appeared to be waning.
Officials identified the woman as a 33-year-old pregnant schoolteacher who fell into a coma and had her baby delivered by Caesarean section. …

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.
At the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University, researchers are using public databases to trace …

The Philippines has asked boxing idol Manny Pacquiao to delay his hero’s return to the country as a precaution against the spread of swine flu from the United States.
Pacquiao, considered by many to be the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, cemented his reputation Saturday night when he knocked …

A Texas woman who had swine flu has died, officials said Tuesday, marking the second death in the United States linked to the virus and the first of a U.S. resident.
The news came as officials in the United States and Mexico, where the outbreak of the H1N1 virus started, …

With officials telling schools not to close for Swine Flu, Mexico opening its borders back up and other folks not looking at it as serious as before, I can only fear that in the next few days the Swine Flu, or H1N1 if you will will spread like wildfire. …