ATLANTA - Last fall, as swine flu cases mounted and parents desperately sought to protect their kids, the hard-to-get vaccine was handed out in some surprising places: the Royal Caribbean cruise line, the headquarters of drug giant Merck, the Johnson Space Center and a Department of Energy office in Idaho.

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Associated Press - March 18, 2010 2:24 PM ET ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials faced with meager supplies of swine flu vaccine last fall sent doses to some surprising places: cruise ship lines,...

Health officials faced with meager supplies of swine flu vaccine last fall sent doses to some surprising places: cruise ship lines, Wall Street firms and the Johnson Space Center.

Football fans travelling to the World Cup in South Africa should be vaccinated against swine flu, the Department of Health has warned.

Football fans heading to the World Cup in South Africa are being urged to have the swine flu jab.

Pregnant women in Christchurch are heeding warnings to protect themselves against swine flu.

The swine flu fear has receded for the moment but auto maker Hero Honda isn’t taking any chances. In place of handshakes, it has now introduced a namaste policy of greeting in all its factories and corporate office. The company management doesn’t confirm or deny the possibility that the new policy, a month-old now, was introduced because of the fear of swine flu, and prefers to say that the idea ...

SAN DIEGO — Cases of swine flu have dropped dramatically. So has the demand for vaccinations. In the first week of last November there were nearly 800 hospitalizations in California related to swine flu.

SAN DIEGO — Cases of swine flu have dropped dramatically. So has the demand for vaccinations. In the first week of last November there were nearly 800 hospitalizations in California related to swine flu.