| LONDON (AP) -- The European Medicines Agency warns that young children given GlaxoSmithKline's swine flu shot may get a fever after their second dose.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Health officials are warning people of a scam involving e-mail requests for personal information as part of a bogus H1N1 flu vaccine registry.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- With swine flu ebbing and immunizations still maddeningly hard to find, one might be tempted to ask: Why bother to even look for vaccine?
(USA TODAY) -- Women across the USA have been shocked and angered by new advice to get fewer mammograms. Yet experts have been debating the risks of mammograms and other cancer screenings for more than a decade.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Big businesses are spending serious time and money trying to limit the swine flu pandemic's impact on operations, from bankrolling video on good hygiene to training employees to cover for co-workers with critical jobs.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Faced with a continuing and unpredictable shortage of vaccine against the seasonal flu -- remember that? -- New Jersey yesterday suspended enforcement of its first-in-the-nation mandate that children be immunized before enrolling in a licensed preschool or child-care facility.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- The only concern Sheryl Granger had when traveling with her 6-year-old son this week was the airplane.
ATLANTA (The New York Times News Service) -- Families and friends gathering this Thanksgiving will share lots of love, good food and maybe a little swine flu.
LONDON (AP) -- Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of 170,000 doses of swine flu vaccine while authorities investigate reports of allergic reactions among recipients, drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.
(Associated Press) -- Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty.
WASHINGTON (AP)-- First mammograms. Now -- in an apparent coincidence -- Pap smears.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Colorado has revoked waivers from as many as 72 public drinking-water systems and is now requiring chlorine treatment of most public supplies as part of the response to a salmonella-poisoning epidemic that ravaged Alamosa last year.
LONDON (AP) -- Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu -- most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms -- have failed to contain the disease.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- The latest target in the search for a vaccine against Lyme disease? Tick spit.
HAVANA (AP) -- China's health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world's most populous country by year's end.
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- Federal health experts say an updated version of Pfizer's best-selling anti-infection vaccine is safe and effective for infants and toddlers, despite company studies that failed to meet certain goals.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal policy on who should get breast cancer screening has not changed, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health officials on Monday questioned whether to approve an updated version of Pfizer's best-selling anti-infection vaccine for children, despite company studies that failed to meet certain goals.
(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) -- Free smoking cessation programs. Cash credits for workers taking self-assessment health surveys. On-site vaccinations and fitness training classes. Nutritional counseling. Subsidized gym memberships.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin -- drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- For months, Rachel Aguayo, who is pregnant with her first child, has been bombarded with messages urging her to be among the first in line for the H1N1 flu vaccine.
GENEVA (AP) -- Organizers of big sporting and cultural events should take steps to prevent the spread of swine flu, especially if local health systems aren't prepared to handle mass gatherings, the World Health Organization said Friday.
GENEVA (AP) -- Countries can choose from stronger measures like school closures that may slow the spread of swine flu in the beginning, but the disease will continue to spread anyway, a World Health Organization spokesman said Wednesday.
(The New York Times News Service) -- The idea of mandatory paid sick leave has been kicking around Congress for years. But as more people get sick with H1N1 flu virus, it could become a reality.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Production of the H1N1 vaccine is on the rise and manufacturer Sanofi-Aventis will meet its goal of 75 million doses by the end of the year. While that may not satisfy critics who wanted more vaccine sooner, it will meet the company's commitment, the company's chief executive officer said Wednesday during a press briefing at the vaccine maker's Monroe County campus, Sanofi-Pasteur.
LONDON (AP) -- In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll.
(USA TODAY) -- Efforts to require flu shots for health care workers in order to protect vulnerable patients are being abandoned by some major health systems because of legal challenges and vaccine shortages.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Some of New York City's largest employers -- including Wall Street firms like Goldman Sachs and big universities -- have started receiving doses of the much-in-demand swine flu vaccine for their at-risk employees.
(USA Today) -- John Stevenson hasn't stopped patronizing the local gym, but after his workout, he is wiping down his machines with spray disinfectant and paper towels. Sales associate Janet Lininger is having customers swipe their own credit cards (she's relieved to have recently shifted from the intimate-apparel section to the far-less-cozy handbag department).
(USA Today) -- To shake or not to shake -- that is the question gripping the swine-flu-wary. How to delicately deflect an outthrust hand? An incoming bear hug? How to hint to a subway seatmate that his convulsive cough is unsanitary and possibly unsafe? Manners mavens Anna Post and Jacqueline Whitmore weigh in on dicey decorum during this season of H1N1. "I don't think good etiquette means you get a cold (or the flu) to be polite," Post says. "I think you can satisfy both" -- civility and well-being.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Urging its citizens not to panic, Ukraine on Monday closed down all schools nationwide for a week to avoid the spread of swine flu and suggested that nightclubs, cinemas and food markets in the west also shut down.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Newborns whose mothers got seasonal flu shots during pregnancy were less likely to be born premature, underweight, and in need of hospital care for respiratory illnesses, three new studies found.
GENEVA (AP) -- A single dose of swine flu vaccine is enough to immunize adults and children over 10 against the pandemic strain, the World Health Organization said Friday.
(Associated Press) -- With Dad a world leader and Nobel Prize winner, Malia and Sasha Obama surely could have been first in line when vaccinations began for swine flu. They weren't, the White House says. But that hasn't stopped complaints that President Barack Obama's daughters got preferential treatment.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Halloween can be a scary night for children.
(USA TODAY) -- Some time-honored traditions -- working sick, flying sick, going to school sick -- are in question as the nation seeks to fend off the spread of swine flu.
LONDON (AP) -- Dutch scientists ignited a controversy Friday by suggesting that children would be better off skipping the seasonal flu vaccine this year -- a proposal flatly rejected by other health experts.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It was bound to happen: Some people who aren't at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- H1N1 vaccinations are being offered at clinics throughout Sacramento County. Neighboring counties haven't released their schedules, which The Bee will publish as they become available.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Mention swine flu to a young child, and odds are pretty good you'll get a blank stare.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some of the millions who travel to Saudi Arabia next month for the annual hajj will be greeted with face masks, hand sanitizer and fever checks as health officials strive to stem the spread of swine flu during the world's largest pilgrimage.
LONDON (AP) -- Swiss drug-maker Novartis AG says it will deliver about 30 million doses of swine flu vaccine to the United States by the end of November.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vaccinating more children might help slow the evolution of the constantly changing flu virus, government scientists reported Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With more than 23 million doses of swine flu vaccine now available, health officials are visiting vaccine plants to check for any more pending interruptions to what appears to be a slowly but steadily growing supply.
ATLANTA (AP) -- More than 22 million doses of swine flu vaccine are available now, and most Americans should soon find it easier to get their dose, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday the swine flu vaccine "is coming out the door as fast as it comes off the production line."
CHICAGO (AP) -- At least one in five U.S. children aged 1 to 11 don't get enough vitamin D and could be at risk for a variety of health problems including weak bones, the most recent national analysis suggests.
BERLIN (AP) -- A debate over two different swine flu vaccines overshadowed Germany's launch of a public inoculation program against the pandemic on Monday.
(Associated Press) -- Federal officials have warned promoters of more than 140 products sold over the Internet about fraudulent claims that they can prevent, treat or diagnose swine flu.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A record 106 million infants were vaccinated last year against life-threatening diseases, but nearly 1 in 5 babies still aren't fully protected, global health authorities reported Wednesday.
(Associated Press) -- Test results of its swine flu vaccine suggest that children under 10 may need two shots to be fully protected, vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur said Wednesday.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Many colleges might warn students about drinking games like beer pong over fears of alcohol poisoning or drunk driving -- but swine flu?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Grilled chicken replaced the hot dogs. Strawberries instead of cookies at snack time. No more fruit juice -- water or low-fat milk only. This is the new menu at a Delaware day care center, part of a fledgling movement to take the fight against obesity to pudgy preschoolers.
GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization hopes to begin shipping 60 million doses of swine flu vaccine to poor countries in November as part of an effort to protect their fragile health systems from the pandemic, it said Monday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials said Friday that 76 children have died of swine flu, including 16 new reports in the past week -- more evidence the new virus is unusually dangerous in kids.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The nation's third-largest drugstore chain is no longer making pregnant women show a prescription to get a flu shot.
ATLANTA (AP) -- As the first wave of swine flu vaccine crosses the country, more than a third of parents don't want their kids vaccinated, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Up to 95 percent of Americans have not caught the swine flu and could benefit from a vaccine, federal health officials said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- And we're off: Swine flu vaccinations begin this week, after months of preparations and promises. But don't start bugging your doctor about an appointment just yet.
DENVER (The New York Times News Service) -- Jennifer Bomgaars felt it like just another annoying shot in the arm. But her flu vaccine at the Take Care retail clinic in suburban Denver hit some vital nerves in the much-debated American health system.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Twenty-five cities and states have ordered swine flu vaccine, and the first doses should be administered Tuesday, officials said Thursday.
(Associated Press) -- The largest U.S. supplier of seasonal flu vaccines said it is running behind on shipping those vaccines -- partly because of the crunch to produce millions of doses of the swine flu vaccine.
ATLANTA (AP) -- In 16 states and counting, drugs now kill more people than auto accidents do, the government said Wednesday.
(The New York Times News Service) -- As Bay Area scientists celebrated the first promising results from the largest-ever AIDS vaccine trial, they cautioned that much more research is needed before a vaccine could be available to the public.
LONDON (AP) - The European Union's drug regulator recommended Friday that two swine flu vaccines be licensed in the 27-nation bloc to ensure their availability before the start of the normal flu season.
BANGKOK (AP) -- For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible.
ATLANTA (AP) -- It's lurking in that awesome party just off the quad, hiding in the shot glasses passed from person to person and in the make-out sessions in the hallway.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Studies of the new swine flu vaccine show children 10 and older will need just one shot for protection -- but younger kids almost certainly will need two.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Pushing smokers outside drives down hospitalizations for heart attacks by about 17 percent in the first year and 36 percent after three years, according to an analysis of 13 studies looking at heart-attack rates after indoor-smoking bans.
GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization on Tuesday drastically reduced the amount of radon from natural sources that countries should allow to accumulate in buildings, given the fatal lung cancer it can cause.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The first doses of swine flu vaccine may all be the nasal spray version, government health officials said Friday.
HOUSTON (The New York Times News Service) -- With some hospitals requiring their workers to have seasonal flu shots and even more considering it, a big question looms: Can employers do that?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration approved the new swine flu vaccine Tuesday, a long-anticipated step as the government works to start mass vaccinations next month. Limited supplies should start trickling out the first week of October -- about a week earlier than expected, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told Congress. Then about 45 million doses should arrive around Oct. 15, followed by more shipments each week.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- When the coughing stops is probably a better sign of when a swine flu patient is no longer contagious, experts said after seeing new research that suggests the virus can still spread many days after a fever goes away.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Flu season's in full swing two months early this year -- and nearly all the cases are the new swine flu strain that so far is targeting mostly children and younger adults.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Influenza is circulating unusually early this year with cases in all 50 states -- nearly all the swine flu variety, government health officials said Friday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's time to get the first of at least two flu shots recommended for many Americans this fall -- the vaccine against regular winter flu is ready.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's time to test the new swine flu vaccine in pregnant women. Studies of adults and children are going so well that the National Institutes of Health announced Wednesday it is opening the research to 120 women in their second or third trimester of pregnancy.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drugmaker Merck likely will face U.S. competition for its vaccine Gardasil, after federal experts recommended rival GlaxoSmithKline's Cervarix also be approved to prevent the virus that causes most cervical cancers.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Swine flu. Regular flu. Even before flu season kicks into high gear, it's hard to keep track of what's out there, and who needs which vaccines. We talked to experts about some common questions:
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Tens of thousands of health care workers who typically avoid flu shots are under more pressure than ever to get vaccinated as hospitals and clinics prepare for a spike in swine flu cases this fall and winter.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The doctor praised for re-energizing South Africa's Health Ministry launched a major campaign Monday to get vaccinations and immunity-boosting vitamins to 3 million children across the country over the next two weeks.
BEIJING (AP) -- China will soon approve domestically developed swine flu vaccines that manufacturers say can protect people against the virus with only one dose, an encouraging development for health officials racing to prepare for an expected spike in cases this winter.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fever, chills, vomiting: It starts like a stomach bug or the flu. But bacterial meningitis can go on to kill terrifyingly fast -- one of the few infections in the U.S. where someone can feel fine in the morning and be dead by night. And prime targets are tweens, teens and college freshmen.
TAMPA -- (The New York Times News Service) -- A team of University of South Florida researchers has been working the sidelines at high school sports events, documenting every sprain, strain and tear.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government health officials are urging people not to panic over estimates of 90,000 people dying from swine flu this fall. "Everything we've seen in the U.S. and everything we've seen around the world suggests we won't see that kind of number if the virus doesn't change," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
ATLANTA (The New York Times News Service) -- Federal authorities plan to launch a massive campaign in the coming weeks to convince Americans to get the swine flu vaccine and to erase any public skepticism about the flu's danger and the safety of immunizations.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that a massive school closing wouldn't stop the spread of the swine flu virus, saying vaccinations must be the defense against a menace that one report said could infect up to half of the population.
LONDON (AP) -- About half of Hong Kong's health workers would refuse the swine flu vaccine, new research says, a trend that experts say would likely apply worldwide. In a study that polled 2,255 Hong Kong health workers this year, researchers found even during the height of global swine flu panic in May, less than half were willing to get vaccinated.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A judge on Wednesday denied an advocacy group's bid to prevent the government from giving pregnant women flu vaccines with a preservative that contains mercury.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government should speed availability of at least a little swine flu vaccine next month instead of in October, the president's scientific advisers recommended Monday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- It will likely be Thanksgiving before a significant number of Americans who get the swine flu vaccine are protected, health officials said Monday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is urging colleges to prepare for swine flu this fall and has issued new guidance for keeping students living in dorms from making each other sick.
ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. health officials say there have been no problems so far in tests of the new swine flu vaccine.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New research says the best way to protect society's most vulnerable from the flu: Vaccinate school-age children and their parents.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. won't have nearly as much swine flu vaccine ready by mid-October as long predicted -- 45 million doses instead of the anticipated 120 million, a federal official said Monday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Giving injections to thousands of children -- even something as easy and safe as influenza vaccine -- is complicated. But there are resources to help schools plan flu-vaccine clinics.
One plaintiff is a cancer patient. Another is represented by his widow. The third, has emphysema and rolls into the courtroom on a wheelchair with tubes trailing out of his nose. The three Japanese are waging a minnow-vs.-whale battle against Big Tobacco in one of the world's most smoker-friendly countries. But precedent suggests they're likely to lose, and they hope their suit will at least draw attention to the dangers of smoking.
(Associated Press) -- In a daring experiment in Europe, scientists used mosquitoes as flying needles to deliver a "vaccine" of live malaria parasites through their bites. The results were astounding: Everyone in the vaccine group acquired immunity to malaria; everyone in a non-vaccinated comparison group did not, and developed malaria when exposed to the parasites later.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most parents like the idea of vaccinating children against swine flu at school, but they're not so eager to roll up their own sleeves.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attention is shifting to the world's five leading flu vaccine makers: How fast are they really producing swine flu vaccine, and just how do they plan to test that it works?
TORONTO (AP) -- Canada has recorded its first case of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu virus in a man who had been given the drug to prevent infection.
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (The New York Times News Service) -- Falcons head coach Mike Smith, his wife, Julie, and several other NFL coaches have partnered with Gatorade in a "Beat the Heat" campaign designed to warn parents and athletes about heat related issues.
LONDON (AP) -- A fully licensed swine flu vaccine might not be available until the end of the year, a top official at the World Health Organization said Monday, in a report that could affect many countries' vaccination plans.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration put the states on notice Thursday: Swine flu vaccinations are likely to be ready this fall with the looming threat of the disease's resurgence, so figure out now how to deliver them.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- The largest-ever trial for a cervical cancer vaccine shows that the drug Cervarix protects women from five of the most common cancercausing viruses, a University of New Mexico researcher said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New safety standards aimed at reducing salmonella and E. coli outbreaks are part of a government effort to try to make food safer to eat.
GENEVA (AP) -- The United Nations may need more than $1 billion this year to help poor countries fight the swine flu pandemic, the world body's Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A potential fall swine flu immunization campaign may involve an unprecedented 600 million doses of vaccine, though officials said Friday they haven't figured out how to administer so many doses or accurately track side effects if a seasonal vaccine is given simultaneously.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A potential fall swine flu immunization campaign may involve an unprecedented 600 million doses of vaccine, but health officials are still trying to figure out how to find enough workers to administer all those shots.
CHICAGO (AP) -- When it comes to health care spending, an ounce of prevention is seldom worth a pound of cure.
LONDON (AP) - Women who have their stomachs stapled not only lose weight, they also may reduce their cancer risk by up to 40 percent, new research says. In a study of more than 2,000 obese people who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs, Swedish researchers found women who had the procedure were less likely to get cancer than those who did not.
WASHINGTON (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday offered his most direct answer yet to a question that has been on everybody's mind since he entered the White House: He still smokes, but very rarely.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Scrapes and bruises aren't all that kids are getting at summer camp this year.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drinking during pregnancy can seriously harm a baby's brain, yet thousands of mothers-to-be still do. Now scientists have begun testing whether a prenatal nutrient might offer those babies a little protection, part of a growing quest for ways to reverse the damage.
TORONTO (Canadian Press) -- If you went by statements from the pharmaceutical industry, you might be tempted to think it was nearly time to roll up your sleeve for a swine flu shot.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Free Tamiflu will soon be available to some uninsured Utahns, in an effort to stop the spread of H1N1 swine flu.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The first study of U.S. health care workers with swine flu found that many didn't do enough to protect themselves against the virus.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- This fall, getting vaccinated against H1N1 flu might be as simple as going back to school.
LONDON (AP) -- With swine flu now an official pandemic, the race is on among drugmakers to produce a vaccine.
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) - Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis AG said Friday it has successfully produced a first batch of swine flu vaccine weeks ahead of expectations.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Major progress has been made in reducing cigarette smoking in the United States, but the success is uneven across the states and below national goals, according to a new report.
GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic Thursday -- the first global flu epidemic in 41 years -- as infections in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere climbed to nearly 30,000 cases.
ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. health officials say they won't need to change their response now that swine flu has been declared a pandemic.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Adult survivors of childhood cancer who most need mammograms and other tests to watch for second cancers are less likely to follow screening recommendations than the general public or even their healthy siblings, a new study finds.
LOS ANGELES (The New York Times News Service) -- Potentially joining a growing group of cities and counties in California that have banned smoking in public areas, Los Angeles County supervisors are set to vote Tuesday whether to ban or limit smoking at county parks and golf courses.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A U.S. health official said a swine flu vaccine could be available as early as October, but only if vaccine production and testing run smoothly this summer.
LONDON (AP) -- Special stockings commonly given to stroke patients to prevent blood clots don't work, a new study reported Wednesday.
DENVER (The New York Times News Service) -- Children whose parents refuse to have them immunized are 23 times more likely to get whooping cough, according to a study that is perhaps the most definitive yet linking vaccine refusal to disease.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Fears of a swine flu epidemic in May spurred public officials -- including President Barack Obama -- to urge people with symptoms to stay home from work.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Even if a swine flu vaccine isn't available, publicity over the worldwide outbreak probably will prompt more Americans to get the regular seasonal flu vaccination this fall, health officials say.
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