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(MedPage Today) -- Since the middle of August, the CDC has received 12 reports of human infections with a swine-origin influenza A (H3N2) virus, the agency announced.

Flu cases have risen again in England and Wales, but have not reached epidemic levels, according to figures from GPs.

With swine flu cases continuing to mount in many countries, it remains far too early to declare the H1N1 pandemic over, a World Health Organization official said Thursday.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials in Vietnam are reporting what appears to be the largest cluster yet of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cases - seven people who traveled together on a long train ride....

CHICAGO (AP) -- 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....

ATLANTA (AP) -- 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....

Cases of suspected swine flu at the University of Maryland have multiplied from 64 to 172, a college spokeswoman said Tuesday, and at least three other colleges and universities are reporting likely H1N1 cases.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Tens of thousands of health care workers who typically avoid flu shots are under more pressure than ever to get vaccinated as hospitals and clinics prepare for a spike in swine flu cases this fall and winter....

More than half of colleges and universities tracking swine flu cases across the country are reporting infected students, with at least 1,600 cases reported within the first weeks of classes, a medical group reported Wednesday.

Bracing for a resurgence of swine flu cases, federal officials on Friday advised U.S. schools to send sick children home with masks this fall but otherwise stay open unless they serve many students with certain medical conditions.

State and local officials also should plan for temporary home scho...