LONDON - GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world's second largest drug maker by revenue, reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit soared by 66 percent, boosted by strong sales of swine flu vaccine and flu medicine.

LONDON - GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world's second largest drug maker by revenue, reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit soared by 66 percent, boosted by strong sales of swine flu vaccine and flu medicine.

The national swine flu hotline and website will be closed in response to a steady fall in swine flu cases.

Kunchev said that the recent cold weather has kept the swine flu virus in check but he added that “it is quite possible that a second wave of the virus will strike soon.”

By MARTIN ESPINOZA THE PRESS DEMOCRAT For the first time since the beginning of the so-called second wave of swine flu in September, not a single person has been hospitalized in Sonoma County because of the H1N1 virus.

The National Pandemic Flu Service (NPFS) will be stood down in response to the "steady reduction" in the number of cases of swine flu, it has been announced.

EVERETT — Last fall, thousands of people stood in line — sometimes for hours — to get their kids immunized against swine flu. At the time, doctors said that children 9 and under would need to get a booster shot to provide full protection.

The swine flu hotline and website will close next week as the pandemic peters out.

The swine flu hotline and website will close next week as the pandemic peters out.

Letters are being sent out to more than 2,000 parents and guardians in Telford by health chiefs offering them the opportunity to vaccinate their children against swine flu this month.