(Reuters) – More than 40 people in five states have been sickened by new strain of swine flu that doctors fear may cause a pandemic, U.S. officials said on Monday, promising more cases to come. Schools were ordered closed in California and Texas, while nervous investors sent U.S. stock prices tumbling on expectations that the [...]

Swine flu is less lethal than feared, according to reports on the BBC News. The website quotes research led by Sir Liam Donaldson, the chief medical officer, which found that only 0.026% of those infected with swine flu have died. This was a well-conducted investigation into all deaths in England attributed to swine flu up [...]

The World Health Organization has declared the H1N1 swine flu, also being called Novel H1N1 swine flu, to be pandemic. A vaccine is now available to the public to inoculate us against H1N1 swine flu. It has been tested for effectiveness and safety and is being distributed throughout the United States to medical practices and [...]

New York officials previously had said there were eight probable cases, but Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that it was swine flu, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. About 100 students at St. Francis Preparatory School, the largest private Catholic high school in the nation, complained of flu-like symptoms. The school canceled classes on Monday [...]