All Illinois residents will be eligible to be vaccinated for H1N1 swine flu beginning next week as the Illinois and Chicago public health departments remove restrictions that had limited access to the vaccine to those deemed at highest risk. The change in policy comes as both the city and state health departments, which have overseen the vaccine distribution, say they have seen demand for it ...

Illinois health officials say everyone can start getting swine flu vaccine beginning Tuesday -- not just those in high-risk groups.

The family of a new mother who died from swine flu urge all pregnant women to be vaccinated against the virus.

Health officials say American Indians and Alaska Natives have died from swine flu at a rate four times greater than other Americans.

The swine flu pandemic is "considerably less lethal" than feared, chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson says.

The swine flu pandemic is "considerably less lethal" than feared, chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson says.

The Isle of Man extends its swine flu vaccination programme to pregnant women.

Swine flu is far less dangerous than originally feared, British officials said Thursday — about 100 times less lethal than the 1918 Spanish flu.

Swine flu is far less dangerous than originally feared, British officials said Thursday — about 100 times less lethal than the 1918 Spanish flu.

Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Eight hours after Tokyo office worker Shungo Yamamoto started feeling feverish and faint, he got a diagnosis of swine flu, received antiviral drugs and embarked on three days of self-imposed isolation last month.