H1N1 Flu

ATLANTA Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S.

BEIJING China's health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes the true number of swine flu deaths is being covered up.

ATLANTA When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.

CHISINAU, Moldova Moldova's army is feeding its soldiers onions and garlic to help them ward off swine flu.

LONDON Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu - most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms - have failed to contain the disease.

HAVANA China's health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world's most populous country by year's end.

CONCORD, N.H. Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine.

UNIONTOWN, Pa. The Pennsylvania Department of Health has confirmed a second swine flu death in a southwestern Pennsylvania county.

ORLANDO, Fla. How about some hand sanitizer before greeting Mickey Mouse?

The state Department of Health will give free swine flu vaccinations over three days at 18 clinics across the state, including one in Centre County.

BEIJING Two people in China who received swine flu vaccinations died in the past week but at least one death appears unrelated to the vaccine and the other was being investigated.

GENEVA Organizers of big sporting and cultural events should take steps to prevent the spread of swine flu, especially if local health systems aren't prepared to handle mass gatherings, the World Health Organization said Friday.

WASHINGTON Estimates of deaths caused by the swine flu have grown to nearly 4,000 since April, roughly quadrupling previous estimates. But that doesn't mean swine flu suddenly has worsened.

WASHINGTON Swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April and killed nearly 4,000, including 540 children, according to startling federal estimates released Thursday.

GENEVA Doctors should give anti-viral drugs to pregnant women, young children and other at-risk groups as soon as they show clinical symptoms of swine flu to prevent them developing serious complications, the World Health Organization said Thursday.