Flu cases had previously peaked this season at the very end of December. At week 52 —ending on December 28—the percentage of ...

Swine Flu' Strain Has Passed from Humans to Swine Nearly 400 Times Since 2009 July 27, 2023 — A new study of the strain of influenza A responsible for the 2009 H1N1 pandemic -- pdm09 -- shows ...

The vaccine for H1N1 flu (swine flu) will be available in the fall of 2009. This vaccine is separate from the usual seasonal flu vaccine. Pregnant women are first on the list of those who should ...

A federal scientific publication has returned from a forced two-week hiatus with two papers examining the health effects of ...

For 30 years now, scientists have worried about the possibility of a human outbreak of bird flu. Today, however, many experts believe we’re closer than ever to a new pandemic. But the big ...

Australians holidaying in the northern hemisphere are returning with nasty strains of influenza which experts blame on low immunisation rates since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Another H1N1 virus was responsible for the 2009 “swine flu” pandemic. That virus hit younger people hardest, as they were less likely to have been exposed to similar variants and thus had much ...

In this new study, researchers showed that 2009 influenza A H1N1 virus does not contain many surface antigens that have been presented to B cells by other viral strains. This conclusion is ...

More than 100 chickens, geese, ducks and other birds at Hess-Hathaway Park in Waterford have been culled after some tested positive for H5N1 bird flu.

One analysis of public sentiment in the wake of the 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) outbreak showed that people were becoming increasingly critical of institutions such as the World Health Organization and ...

See if you can spot yourself or anyone you know in these archive images taken in Newcastle city centre 16 years ago ...