What happened to the swine flu? The city, colleges and area hospitals were gearing up for a major outbreak last fall that never materialized. Today, it’s barely on the radar.

Could the swine flu be over?

Though we're nearing the end of flu season, the Centers For Disease Control and local health officials are still on alert and say the swine flu outbreak may not be over yet.

With snow days and swine flu wreaking havoc on Kentucky's public schools, Education Commissioner Terry Holliday said Friday he will ask federal officials for a waiver that would allow the state to delay spring testing a few weeks.

A Mercer student found dead in his dorm room on Nov. 17 died of lobar pneumonia, not swine flu, said Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones.

NEW YORK - A European Union committee recommended that Sanofi-Aventis' swine flu vaccine Humenza be approved for sale, the French drugmaker said Friday.

The global death toll from swine flu approached the 16,000 mark as the pandemic waned in much of Europe and Asia, the World Health Organisation said Friday.

The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) on Friday recommended a swine flu pandemic vaccine produced by French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis for European use.

Although swine flu cases in Wales are likely to still be occurring, it is on a very limited scale and we are unlikely to see any further outbreaks of swine flu before the next flu season next winter.

LONDON—The World Health Organization is recommending that swine flu be added to regular flu vaccines next season. The swine flu pandemic virus, or H1N1, emerged too late last year to be added to the regular flu vaccine, and a separate vaccine was needed.