ATLANTA, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Initial cases of H1N1 show the infectiousness of the pandemic influenza virus may be similar to that of seasonal influenza, U.S. health officials say.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Doctors say the H1N1 strain of influenza, commonly known as swine flu, is more likely to get deep into the lungs than seasonal influenza.
ATLANTA, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- For the 2008-2009 flu season, almost 21 percent of U.S. children and teens ages 5-17 got the seasonal flu shot, federal health officials estimated.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A new study is about to be published in Canada that links the swine flu virus to seasonal flu shots, Canadian health officials say.
ATLANTA, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- This year's flu season could be long and unpredictable, with the H1N1 virus expected in U.S. schools and seasonal flu among the elderly, health officials said.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- University of Maryland researchers say laboratory tests indicate the H1N1 flu virus spread quickly but it may not mutate into a "superbug" this fall.
WOONSOCKET, R.I., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Seasonal flu shots begin Tuesday without appointment at MinuteClinics and select CVS/pharmacy stores, CVS Caremark officials in Rhode Island say.
OAK BROOK, Ill., Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. hospital workers vaccinated against seasonal flu during the last fall/winter flu season increased by 14 percent, a non-profit says.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. firm BioCryst said Thursday it has been awarded $102.6 million from the U.S. government to develop Peramivir for seasonal/pandemic flu.
PHLADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday its flu vaccine FluLaval has been OK'd for U.S. sales, which the firm said would boost seasonal supplies.
