The World Health Organization on Saturday reported 3,440 confirmed cases of swine flu in 29 countries, with 48 deaths from the sickness. The virus, also called H1N1, has spread as Australia reported ...

Advice for travelers who have booked vacations to Mexico. May 1, 2009 — -- Christina Hill needs a vacation from the Mexican vacation she has no intention of taking. Hill, who was scheduled to ...

— -- Q: What effect has the swine flu outbreak in Mexico and the U.S. had on air travel? A: The U.S. State Department on Monday issued a "travel alert" urging people to avoid all "non-essential" ...

The cruise Zenaiva Cervantes booked was to stop in sun-drenched beach cities on the Mexican Riviera. The cruise she took? That landed her in Seattle, where she pulled her arms tightly to her chest as ...

Swine flu is a mix of pig, bird and human genes to which people have limited natural immunity. It has symptoms nearly identical to regular flu — fever, cough and sore throat — and spreads similarly, ...

A supremely confident WBO minimumweight champion Donnie “Ahas” Nietes says its only swine flu that scares him not interim champion Manuel Vargas whom he battles in the Mexican’s hometown of Jalisco on ...

New cases of swine flu were confirmed in Kansas and California and suspected in New York City, but health officials said they didn't know whether it was the strain that has killed up to 68 people in ...

MEXICO CITY — Mexico said a swine flu epidemic appears to be easing, but it urged citizens Saturday not to let their guard down against a virus that has killed 17 people and is spreading across Asia ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Three years after swine flu closed Mexico City and caused an international scare, the Mexican government and local media are at odds over the severity of this season’s flu virus.

Boxing in Mexico City which is a hotbed of the sport has been hard hit by the swine flu epidemic as the government has taken several emergency measures following the reported death of 160 people. The ...

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CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — As swine flu runs rampant in the Southern Hemisphere winter, world health experts are concerned that some hard-hit countries have been reluctant to take forceful measures to ...