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The vaccine for the H1N1 swine flu will be made widely available to San Mateo County residents starting today, county officials announced. County officials said the health system received a large enough supply of the vaccine in recent weeks to offer it ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co said on Friday that it is recalling some Vicks DayQuil Cold & Flu medicine that did not come in a childproof package.

China’s actions, especially quarantines of foreign visitors, brought criticism abroad, but health officials say the spread of H1N1 may have been slowed.

A proposed U.S. law requiring employers to provide paid sick leave would help stop the spread of swine flu and increase productivity, supporters argued on Tuesday.

A senior adviser to President Obama says the government will catch up to the demand for swine flu vaccine within a week.

Health officials said almost 100 children have died from the flu, known as H1N1, and 46 states now have widespread flu activity.

Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday....

Because of the risks from flu, they should be among the first in line to get both the H1N1 and seasonal influenza shots, medical experts say. Yet many are averse to vaccinations or medication.

As the H1N1 influenza vaccine trickles into clinics and pharmacies over the next few weeks, public health officials and doctors desperately hope that pregnant women will be at the front of the line for the shot.

With no signs of the H1N1 virus slowing down, the flu strain continues to hit children and teens in larger numbers than any other age group, and researchers are at a loss to explain why. According to The Associated Press, 11 children have died from H1N1 just in the past week, raising the total to 86 since the flu strain first hit. 43 of those deaths have occurred in the past two months alone.

A study suggests that overdoses of what was then the relatively new “wonder drug” could have been deadly.