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Some practical tips can help minimize your chance of getting sick at work or spreading the illness to someone else.
With the spread of the swine (H1N1) flu virus, people are looking for things they can do to avoid getting sick. Here are some simple steps you can take to lower your risk of infection.
Marana Health Center is offering free H1N1 nasal spray vaccines for those who are eligible.
The latest government information shows swine flu continues to be most dangerous to kids and younger adults and is largely bypassing the elderly.
Test results of its swine flu vaccine suggest that children under 10 are likely to need two shots to be fully protected, vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur said Wednesday.
It was six months ago that scientists discovered an ominous new flu virus, touching off fears of a catastrophic global outbreak that could cause people to drop dead in the streets. Doomsday, of course, never came to pass.
Associated Press - October 15, 2009 5:54 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A county in southern Arizona changed its sick leave policy to require any of its nearly 7,000 employees to stay at home if they...
Associated Press - October 15, 2009 10:04 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Department of Health Services officials are testing for swine flu only if patients have been hospitalized or have...
Max Gomez was a bright-eyed 5-year-old happy to have just started kindergarten when he developed sniffles and a fever. His mother figured it was only a cold.
A top U.S. health official says the risks from not getting the swine flu vaccine are greater than any potential risks associated with the vaccine.
Rapidly worsening breathing problems in the sickest swine flu patients in Mexico and Canada present a scary worst-case scenario and could foreshadow what U.S. doctors face as winter flu season sets in, new reports suggest.
A federal law inspired by a New Hampshire woman's courage and enacted through her mother's determination took effect Friday, sparing seriously ill or injured college students from having to choose between taking time off and...
One quarter of Americans sick enough to be hospitalized with swine flu last spring wound up needing intensive care and 7 percent of them died, the first such study of the early months of the global epidemic suggests. That's...
U.S. health officials have lost track of how many illnesses and deaths have been caused by the first global flu epidemic in 40 years.
In this video, Dr. Joe Bresee, with the CDC Influenza Division, describes swine flu - how it's transmitted and its severity.
In this video, Dr. Joe Bresee, with the CDC Influenza Division, describes swine flu - medicines to treat it.
