Chinese mainland’s first confirmed A/H1N1 patient who was only identified by the family name Bao is recovering, said He Jun, spokesman of Chengdu City Health Department in Sichuan Province, Tuesday.
“Bao’s life signs are stable: normal temperature, alleviated symptoms, lighter coughing after three days’ medication and care …

Two crewmembers aboard Royal Caribbean’s 90,090-ton, 2,112-passenger Serenade of the Seas, currently sailing in Alaska, have recovered from flu-like symptoms, according to a cruise line statement.
Though both tested positive in shipboard testing for influenza A, samples have been submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to confirm whether …

With most people breathing easier about H1N1 flu, the World Health Organisation finds itself in a bind about how to respond to the continuing spread of the virus whose effects have proved mainly mild.
The United Nations agency’s guidelines state that as soon as the virus starts spreading freely in two …

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 …

Hundreds of guests and staff were under quarantine at a hotel in China on Saturday after a guest there contracted the H1N1 virus.
About 200 hotel guests and 100 staff members were ordered to stay in the Metro Park Hotel in Hong Kong for seven days to stop the spread …