Iraq's health minister confirmed on Wednesday the country's first cases of the H1N1 flu virus, saying seven members of the women's national basketball team were being treated in hospital. The squad had been playing in a championships in Chicago and...

Lyn Finelli, a flu surveillance official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, voiced the estimate at a vaccine advisory meeting Thursday in Atlanta. The estimate is based on mathematical modeling. Nearly 28,000 U.S. cases have been...

Children should not routinely be treated with flu drugs like Tamiflu since there is no clear evidence they prevent complications and the medicines may do more harm than good, British researchers said on Monday.

With nearly 500 US deaths from swine flu, the top American health official on Sunday urged educators and parents to take measures to prevent and address the A(H1N1) virus.

[Source PDF Document: LINK. EDITED.] Pandemic influenza A/H1N1, Indonesia Information received on 26/11/2009 from Dr Tjeppy D. Soedjana, Director General, Direction General of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Jakarta, Indonesia SummaryReport type...

Source: Reuters MANILA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) promised on Thursday to donate 9 million H1N1 flu shots to the Philippines, and assured the country the vaccines were safe. At least 1. ... View Original Article Blogged...

[Source Full PDF Document: LINK. EDITED.] ECDC DAILY UPDATE Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Update 26 November 2009, 09:00 hours CEST Main developments in past 24 hours Summary of experience from first wave in UK published; Total...

Slovakia has reported its first fatality from the Mexican flu. The victim was a 32-year-old man from Prievidza with a kidney condition. His death was announced during a live press conference on Slovakian television. The authorities say the A(H1N1)...

The Dutch flu vaccination campaign continues on Thursday in the city of Rotterdam, where 44,000 children and parents have been called up for a jab. The city's health service has said it expects at least 35,000 people to show up for a vaccine shot...