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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan health officials believe swine flu killed one person and have diagnosed 12 other people with the virus, the country's health minister said Thursday....

BEIJING (AP) -- China's Health Ministry warned Friday that the swine flu outbreak in the country could peak over the next several months, especially as hundreds of millions of people return home for the traditional Chinese New Year....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency and empowered his health secretary to suspend federal requirements and speed treatment for thousands of infected people....

(Elsevier Health Sciences) Investigators from the US Air Force Academy and US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Epidemiology Consult Service capitalized on a unique opportunity to gain valuable insights about the natural behavior of the nH1N1 virus, including shedding patterns, during a recent large-scale outbreak at the US Air Force Academy.

Results are reported in an article published online on Oct. 20, 2009, by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

It is the first published study of its kind.

Intensive care units in Canada and Mexico were at full stretch during the peaks of the spring pandemic H1N1 flu outbreak, researchers said.

Flu has hit early and hard on campuses in the Washington region, spawning, at last count, 435 cases of flulike illness at the University of Maryland, 95 at the University of Virginia and several dozen at other institutions.

The best way to control a flu outbreak is to vaccinate children and their parents, a new mathematical model predicts.

The federal government is urging employers to offer flexible sick leave policies as the nation braces for a second wave of the H1N1 influenza pandemic.

Federal guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prepare schools for H1N1 outbreaks this fall.

In most cases, the government says, schools should stay open.

Mother knew best when she told you to wash your hands before every meal and after you go to the bathroom. These days, following habits like those could be the deciding factor in maintaining your health.

With the world still abuzz from the swine flu outbreak and E. coli-infected cookie dough, hand...