The wait is over for everyone in Snohomish County who until now has been shut out of swine flu shots. Beginning today, anyone who wants the immunization, either the nasal spray or the shot, should be able to get it.

Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans, and killed about 10,000, according to new estimates released by federal health officials on Thursday.That means about 1 in 6 Americans have had the illness, said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .The estimates are for the first seven months of the pandemic, from April through mid-November. The new ...

By United Press International ATLANTA, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- About 50 million people in the United States had have swine flu, with about 10,000 of the cases ending in death, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said.

State health officials decided Thursday to give the general public access to swine flu shots, falling in line with Dallas County leaders who began widespread vaccine distribution this week.

Restrictions lifted on vaccine following drop in demand in high-risk groups All Illinoisans except newborns will soon be eligible to be vaccinated for H1N1 swine flu after health authorities announced Thursday that they were removing guidelines that previously limited the vaccine to members of certain high-risk groups.