A recent H1N1 death in Karnataka underscores that swine flu remains a serious threat beyond seasonal illness. Spreading through respiratory droplets and contaminated surfaces, it presents flu-like ...

The disease originally was nicknamed swine flu because the virus that causes the d isease originally jumped to humans from the live pigs in which it evolved. The virus is a "reassortant" -- a mix of ...

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Doctors should give antiviral drugs to pregnant women, young children and other at-risk groups as soon as they show clinical symptoms of swine flu to prevent them from developing serious complications ...

Swine flu (H1N1) and seasonal flu share many symptoms, making them difficult to distinguish. An internal medicine expert ...

ATLANTA - Quick treatment with flu medicine saved the lives of many pregnant women who were stricken by swine flu last year, according to the most complete analysis of deaths among expectant mothers.

The flu is spreading around Mumbai and there have been 3 deaths reported in the past 15 daysiStock There have been various reported cases of the H1N1 flu in Mumbai recently. There have been 3 deaths ...