Swine Flu Map – H1N1 Flu Map

By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US lawmakers plan to take a closer look this week at the federal government’s response to the swine flu outbreak that has sickened people in five states and killed dozens in Mexico. At least three hearings are …

By Rob Stein and Debbi Wilgoren Cases of swine flu were confirmed early today in Israel and New Zealand, the first definitive proof that the dangerous new virus has spread to the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions. The World Health Organization, …

MEXICO CITY, April 28 (Reuters) – Mexico’s peso weakened sharply on Tuesday, hurt by worries that a swine flu outbreak could further hurt Mexico’s already weak economy as well as renewed concerns that US banks needed more capital. …

MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)–Mexico’s peso opened weaker against the dollar Tuesday as participants continued to consider the possible economic impact from the country’s influenza outbreak. The peso was quoted in Mexico City at MXN14.0270 to the dollar …

WELLINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) – New Zealand said on Tuesday it had at least three confirmed cases of swine flu among a school group that had recently visited Mexico and was expecting more. Minister of Health Tony Ryall said a World Health Organisation …

Officials advised Monday against most travel to Mexico, the center of an outbreak of swine flu suspected of killing almost 150 people there and sickening at least 50 through its spread to the United States. The acting director of the Centers for …

The World Health Organization has moved its alert level for swine flu closer to pandemic status as the illness has spread to more countries in Europe and additional cases have been confirmed in the United States. “Given the widespread presence of the …

MADRID, April 28 (Reuters) – Spanish authorities have confirmed a second case of swine flu, this time in a patient in the region of Valencia, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez said earlier on Tuesday that 26 …

By Laurent Belsie | 04.28.09 Consumers, investors, the tourism business, and other industries around the world have already felt the impact of the swine flu epidemic. Its ultimate economic cost will depend not only on how serious it becomes but how …

BRUSSELS, April 28 (Reuters) – The European Union’s health chief said on Tuesday there was no point in imposing any formal travel restrictions because of the swine flu outbreak. “I don’t see any point of restricting travelling,” EU Health Commissioner …

By Alex Nussbaum and Peter Cook April 28 (Bloomberg) — The United States will see more swine flu cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the spreading illness, the acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. …

The World Health Organisation warned today that swine flu can no longer be contained, as the virus spread to Asia and the Middle East, with the first cases confirmed in New Zealand and Israel. The virus, an apparently new strain of the H1N1 flu, …

Seven people from Wiltshire are being tested by doctors to see if they have caught swine flu. The county’s Director of Public Health, Maggie Rae, said that all those being tested had either recently travelled to or had connections with Mexico. …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two million dead. Hospitals overwhelmed. Schools closed. Swaths of empty seats at baseball stadiums and houses of worship. An economic recovery snuffed out. We’re nowhere close to what government planners say would be a worst-case …

By Jason Knowles AP INTERACTIVE: More cases of swine flu around the world The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic flu alert to level four. That’s just two steps short of a full pandemic. That means there is human-to-human transmission in …

By Henry L. Davis With swine flu cases on the rise in the United States, public health officials in Erie County reported Monday they were moving forward quickly on crisis plans in case the virus spreads. But they also cautioned that no cases have been …

BOSTON — Massachusetts health officials say they have tested 24 cases of possible swine flu infections and all have been negative, although they are awaiting the results of tests on two Lowell middle school students who got sick after returning from a …

TUESDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) — The number of confirmed cases of swine flu in the United States has doubled to 40, US health officials said Monday, with all the new cases coming from a New York City high school that had previously reported eight …

TUESDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) — As the death toll from swine flu in Mexico rises and new cases appear in the United States and elsewhere, it’s easy to get caught up in a sense of mounting dread. But experts in influenza and infectious disease say …