| (USA TODAY) -- At the height of fears over H1N1 flu this fall, some vaccination foes claimed it was safer to get swine flu than to be inoculated against it. But data from California show that getting the flu was drastically far more dangerous.
BEIJING (AP) -- China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country's 2008 milk scandal were repackaged for sale instead of destroyed.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Is the U.S. swine flu epidemic over? Federal health officials won't go so far as to say that, but on Friday they reported for the fourth week in a row that no states had widespread flu activity.
(USA TODAY) -- A common complication during pregnancy may predispose children born prematurely to asthma, a large study reports today.
CHICAGO (AP) -- An experimental abstinence-only program without a moralistic tone can delay teens from having sex, a provocative study found.
(USA TODAY) -- Two leading medical centers on Monday launched the largest effort to date to find all of the genetic mutations that cause childhood cancer.
WASHINGTON (USA TODAY) -- Calling obesity an epidemic and one of the greatest threats to America's health and economy, first lady Michelle Obama said Wednesday that she would launch a major initiative next month to combat the problem in childhood.
CHICAGO (AP) -- An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to lose weight - a move that could transform how doctors deal with overweight children.
ATLANTA (AP) -- About 1 in 5 Americans have been vaccinated against swine flu, according to the government's first detailed estimates of vaccination rates against the new pandemic.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A new government estimate says swine flu has sickened about 55 million Americans and killed about 11,160.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An international chain store says it will no longer sell a charm bracelet that lab testing reported by The Associated Press showed was laden with toxic cadmium.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Characters in children's movies are wising up about personal safety, increasingly using seat belts, bike helmets and crosswalks, but many still aren't ideal role models, a government study found.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First there was too little swine flu vaccine. Now could there be way too much?
NEW YORK (AP) -- Clara Tolentino was terrified when her 43-year-old sister died last year after getting liquid silicone injections to add a bit more shape to her buttocks.
(The New York Times News Service) -- As recently as a decade ago vitamin D was mostly thought of as a helper-nutrient -- it allowed the body to absorb and use calcium for strong bones. With a diet of fortified foods and a little bit of sunshine every day, most people got plenty of it.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The top U.S. consumer product regulator is warning Asian manufacturers not to substitute other toxic substances for lead in children's items, a message that follows the launch of a government investigation into Chinese-made jewelry that lab tests showed was laden with the heavy metal cadmium.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Eating healthy starts with the right ingredients -- plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes.
WASHINGTON (AP) -– At his first birthday, John Klor couldn't sit up on his own. A few months later, he was cruising like any healthy toddler — thanks to a special diet that's treating the North Carolina boy's mysterious disease.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say swine flu was widespread in only four states last week, indicating the fall wave of illness is still declining.
ATLANTA (AP) -- About 10 years ago the government set some lofty health goals for the nation to reach by 2010.
(The New York Times News Service) -- $135-$400 sets sold online, in drug stores may give answers on ancestry, diseases, pets.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Swine flu is not only dangerous to pregnant women, but it's a threat to new mothers too, the first study to document this risk shows. An analysis of pregnant women and new mothers who were hospitalized with swine flu in California found that those who had a baby in the previous two weeks were at higher risk of severe flu complications.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drugmaker MedImmune is recalling nearly 5 million doses of swine flu vaccine because the nasal spray appears to lose strength over time, federal health officials announced Tuesday.
(Associated Press) -- A new Harvard poll finds that concern about swine flu has waned along with the number of new cases being reported.
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Procter & Gamble Co. is recalling 700,000 packs of Vicks DayQuil capsules because they are not childproof.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute the claim.
LONDON (AP) -- Yes, Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus. And he's a public health menace.
ST. PETERSBURG (The New York Times News Service) -- Parker Fox isn't surprised that more than half of his classmates say they have used illegal drugs.
DETROIT (AP) -- A decade-long decline in teens' use of pot has stalled and some teen attitudes on how harmful marijuana can be may be softening, according to a federal survey on teen drug use released Monday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of swine flu shots for children have been recalled because tests indicate the vaccine doses lost some strength, government health officials said Tuesday.
HAMBURG (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) -- German scientists have discovered how childhood stress genetically alters kids so that they become stressed-out adults.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say winter flu is just starting to show up in the U.S. while swine flu infections continue to wane.
BEIJING (AP) -- China's Health Ministry warned Friday that the swine flu outbreak in the country could peak over the next several months, especially as hundreds of millions of people return home for the traditional Chinese New Year.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans, and killed about 10,000, according to new estimates released by federal health officials on Thursday.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Hoping to prevent the spread of the swine flu virus, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell appeared at the Marin County Office of Education Wednesday to detail state plans for distribution of $2.5 million in masks and gloves in California schools.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A handful of pets have been sickened with swine flu in recent weeks, but here are doctors' orders: Wash your hands and don't panic.
LONDON (AP) - British researchers say there is little evidence Tamiflu stops complications in healthy people who catch the flu, though public health officials contend the swine flu drug reduces flu hospitalizations and deaths.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Pet frogs are being blamed for a national salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 48 people.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health regulators are investigating reports of dangerous radiation levels at two more California hospitals, following earlier unsafe medical scans at a Los Angeles facility.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Surprises are great when it comes to holiday gifts. Not so much when we're talking about hidden calories that can add bulk to our waistlines.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- When Amiyah Martinson's father left Thursday on the guided-missile frigate Nicholas, it was the third deployment the 6-year-old Virginia Beach girl had experienced.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Almost everyone in the Augusta area can now get the vaccine against the novel influenza A H1N1 virus, public health officials announced Monday.
LAS CRUCES (McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- An influenza that sickens dogs hasn't been found in the Las Cruces area yet, but some local veterinarians are advising that it has shown up in the state.
LONDON (AP) -- The European Medicines Agency warns that young children given GlaxoSmithKline's swine flu shot may get a fever after their second dose.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials are warning the public about fake e-mails inviting people to sign up for swine flu vaccine registrations.
(Associated Press) -- Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline says one of its swine flu vaccines has been certified by the World Health Organization, making it available for donors to buy for developing countries.
(USA TODAY) -- Rumors of a disease outbreak a century ago probably would have left people feeling frightened, wondering whether their town would be the next to be hit.
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) -- With swine flu ebbing and immunizations still maddeningly hard to find, one might be tempted to ask: Why bother to even look for vaccine?
BEIJING (AP) -- China has detected eight cases of swine flu mutation, a health official said Wednesday, amid longstanding concerns among scientists that the virus could change into a more dangerous form.
(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.
WASHINGTON (AP) - With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill Friday, and wavering moderates appeared to be falling in line on President Barack Obama's signature issue.
ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials say swine flu cases appear to be declining throughout most of the U.S., but the specter of Thanksgiving gatherings makes it hard to predict what will happen next.
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.
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.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Estimates of deaths caused by the swine flu have grown to nearly 4,000 since April, roughly quadrupling previous estimates. But that doesn't mean swine flu suddenly has worsened.
(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.
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.
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.
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.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Heath officials say swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths -- the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Halloween can be a scary night for children.
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.
(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.
(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.
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.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vaccinating more children might help slow the evolution of the constantly changing flu virus, government scientists reported Thursday.
CHICAGO (AP) -- The number of students staying home sick with the flu is multiplying nationwide and normally quiet school nurses' offices suddenly look like big city emergency rooms, packed with students too ill to finish the day.
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.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Mention swine flu to a young child, and odds are pretty good you'll get a blank stare.
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.
(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.
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.
(USA TODAY) -- When they want to tone up, Marisa Tomei, Liv Tyler and Beyonce Knowles go for a spin.
BERLIN (AP) -- A debate over two different swine flu vaccines overshadowed Germany's launch of a public inoculation program against the pandemic on Monday.
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.
(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."
ATLANTA (AP) -- About 1 in 5 U.S. children had a flu-like illness earlier this month -- and most of those cases likely were swine flu, according to a new government health survey. About 7 percent of surveyed adults said they'd had a flu-like illness, the survey found.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Federal health officials say swine flu is more widespread now than it's ever been.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The government's latest figures show swine flu is widespread across the country and increasing in almost every state. It's now caused at least 95 children's deaths since April.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Thousands of American kids are getting sick from the swine flu epidemic, which has hit months before the traditional flu season.
(USA TODAY) -- As health care workers around the country work frantically to accommodate the millions seeking protection against the H1N1 strain of influenza, they have to contend with a countertrend: significant numbers of Americans who don't plan to vaccinate themselves or their children.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Visiting a loved one in the hospital? Better check on new flu limits first. Hospitals around the country are turning away visiting children and tightening restrictions on adults, too, in hopes of limiting spread of swine flu in the hallways - although there's little science the limits work.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The latest government information shows swine flu continues to be most dangerous to kids and younger adults and is largely bypassing the elderly.
LOS ANGELES (USA TODAY) -- Jennifer O'Brien wasn't in her theater seat 20 minutes when she realized she'd made a mistake bringing her daughter.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Two girls who swam with pet turtles in a backyard pool were among 107 people sickened in the largest salmonella outbreak blamed on turtles nationwide, researchers report.
(The New York Times News Service) -- The sequencing of the human genome has revolutionized scientists' ability to better understand hereditary diseases and created more opportunities for people to get tested. But as genetic information further increases understanding of health, researchers are starting to ask: Do people want to know if they are predisposed to a disease, even if there is no cure?
(Associated Press) -- Giving babies Tylenol to prevent fever when they get childhood vaccinations may backfire and make the shots a little less effective, surprising new research suggests.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The swine flu is causing an unprecedented amount of illness for so early in the fall -- and federal health officials said Friday that 11 more children have died in the past week.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A surprising number of frail, elderly Americans in nursing homes are suffering from futile care at the end of their lives, two new federally funded studies reveal.
(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.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The largest U.S. analysis of hospitalized adult swine flu patients has found almost half were healthy people who did not have asthma or any other chronic illnesses before they got sick.
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.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL. (McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Facing academic pressures, navigating new and changing relationships, and balancing responsibilities long have been worries at college.
CHICAGO (AP) -- The topic of suicide makes many people squirm. It's something we've been told we're not supposed to talk about. If you speak it, someone might do it.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wondering if swine flu's bad enough to require a doctor's attention? An interactive Web site may help you decide, using the same type of triage calculations that doctors at Emory University use.
(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.
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.
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.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Ed Homan, an orthopedic surgeon in Tampa, often sees patients complaining of knee pain. Based on a $40 X-ray and his 40 years of experience, he can usually tell if it is only a sprain.
LONDON (AP)-- Most babies born in rich countries this century will eventually make it to their 100th birthday, new research says. Danish experts say that since the 20th century, people in developed countries are living about three decades longer than in the past. Surprisingly, the trend shows little sign of slowing down.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Swine flu arrived at the Berger home a few weeks ago.
ATLANTA (AP) -- In 16 states and counting, drugs now kill more people than auto accidents do, the government said Wednesday.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Beginning today, participants in the Women, Infants and Children supplemental nutrition program will be able to use food vouchers to buy fruits, veggies, whole grains and breads, and proteins such as canned beans.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Twenty-five cities and states have ordered swine flu vaccine, and the first doses should be administered Tuesday, officials said Thursday.
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.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If a third of people wind up catching swine flu, 15 states could run out of hospital beds around the time the outbreak peaks, a new report warns 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.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Closing schools and day care centers because of swine flu could cost between $10 billion and $47 billion, a report by the Brookings Institution think tank found.
(Associated Press) -- Fast-food places have them. Banks and pharmacies do, too. Now hospitals are opening drive-thrus and drive-up tent clinics to screen and treat a swelling tide of swine flu patients.
(Associated Press) -- The common cold and flu - both the seasonal and the new swine flu -- are caused by different viruses but can have some similar symptoms, making them tough to tell apart. In general, the flu is worse and symptoms are more intense.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Less than 10 percent of U.S. high school students are eating the combined recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables, a finding that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called "poor" in a report Tuesday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Some pharmacists are seeing a shortage of the children's version of the flu drug Tamiflu.
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.
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