For parents worried about a child sick with the flu, deciding when to head to the ER can be difficult. Unlike the typical seasonal flu, which is generally most dangerous to infants and the elderly, ...

Cases of H1N1 were slightly up over the last week in the First State, but there’s been no evidence of more antiviral-resistant strains of the virus. After declining for weeks, the number of H1N1 flu ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – If the behavior of the seasonal form of the H1N1 influenza virus is any indication, scientists say that chances are good that most strains of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus will become ...

As the first signs of H1N1 flu begin to show up locally, foreshadowing an expected increase in flu-like illness in the coming weeks, the state has told local municipalities to nix any existing plans ...

Swine flu in the area remains quiet and so far shows no signs of a third wave of the epidemic, public health officials said Tuesday. In Fargo-Moorhead, as well as in North Dakota, the peak of the ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The new H1N1 flu virus shows no signs of sustained person-to-person spread outside of North America where the infection first emerged, a top World Health Organization official said ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There are "encouraging signs" that the new H1N1 virus that has raised concerns of a pandemic is no more dangerous than routine seasonal flu viruses that circulate annually, a ...

Although federal health officials decline to use the word "peaked," the current wave of H1N1 flu appears to have done so in the United States. Flu activity is coming down in all regions of the country ...

Mirroring a nationwide trend, some local school nurses say flu cases appear to be waning among area children and absenteeism is returning to normal levels. Anxiety over the H1N1 flu also appears to be ...

The state Department of Health and Hospitals has opened its online registration process for health care providers -- hospitals, local health departments, doctors and pharmacies -- who want to ...