President Vaclav Klaus has stepped in to stop mandatory vaccination of Czech soldiers against swine flu, telling Army staff the order to vaccinate all 16,000 soldiers was “highly controversial, if not unacceptable.” Mr Klaus – formally commander-in-chief of the Czech Armed Forces – announced in a statement on Wednesday that he’d asked the Defence Ministry to make vaccination voluntary. The ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - An analysis of swine flu cases in New Mexico shows that children younger than five have the highest rate of hospitalizations and people aged 50 to 64 have the highest death rate. The New Mexico Department of Health's Epidemiology and Response Division analyzed data collected since April 2009. New Mexico's overall rate of swine flu hospitalizations is 50.3 per 100,000 ...

Canada announced Thursday it has donated five million swine flu vaccine doses and six million Canadian dollars (5.6 million US) to the World Health Organization for its pandemic relief efforts.

Swine flu appears to be petering out in Wales. The clinical consultation rate for influenza - not necessarily swine flu - in Wales during the week ending 24 January fell to 4.8 cases of flu-like illness diagnosed by GPs out of every 100,000 people in Wales.

Ahmedabad, Jan 28 (PTI) Four people died today of swine flu in Gujarat taking the death toll due to H1N1 virus in the state to 229.

New Delhi, Jan 28 (PTI) Cases of swine flu continued to be on the wane with no deaths today and just 36 fresh infections being reported across the country.

A woman with swine flu has died in Northern Ireland, the Department of Health announces.

A woman with swine flu has died in Northern Ireland.

Associated Press - January 28, 2010 7:15 AM ET SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - An analysis of swine flu cases in New Mexico shows that children younger than five have the highest rate of hospitalizations...

A SECOND wave of swine flu may hit Australia as soon as next month, a top infectious diseases expert warns.