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The flu is back and with a vengeance, but the estimated 60 percent who haven't received a flu shot can still get one, a U.S. expert says.
Medical authorities in Southern California say an antibiotic-resistant superbug once thought to be rare is spreading through healthcare facilities there.
Top officials in the U.S. administration said Sunday the ongoing swine flu outbreak is likely not as serious as initial estimates predicted.
The number of confirmed U.S. swine flu cases rose to 91, with one death, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta reported at midday Wednesday.
A federal health official said good respiratory etiquette is an effective way to prevent the spread of swine flu.
The first case of U.S. swine flu was identified in San Diego as part of a study of pandemic preparedness, a federal health official said.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Sunday it has declared a public health emergency in a bid to stop the spread of a swine flu virus.
A swine flu virus that has killed at least 68 people in Mexico has the potential to become a pandemic, international health officials said Saturday.
A study found that doctors are giving fewer antibiotics to U.S. children than they did in the mid-1990s, reversing a 20-year trend. For years, public health officials have warned that the rise in antibiotic prescriptions are increasing levels of antibioti
