300 people quarantined in Hong Kong hotel over swine flu fears

Guests of the Metro Park Hotel in Hong Kong aren’t going to be going anywhere fast. A traveller from Mexico was staying at the Hong Kong Hotel when he tested positive for swine flu. Now, all 300 guests at the hotel are being put under swine flu quarantine in order to try to [...]

First human to human swine flu case confirmed in United Kingdom

Until now, all cases of swine flu in the United Kingdom were confirmed in people that had been to Mexico. Now, the first case of human to human transmission of swine flu in the United Kingdom has been confirmed. Graeme Pacitti, 24, from Falkirk in Scotland is a friend of Iain and Dawn Askham. [...]

Mexico shutting down for five days due to swine flu outbreak

While fear of a global swine flu outbreak is sweeping from country to country, it is still true that Mexico remains the country which has been hit the hardest by H1N1. With the swine flu outbreak doing serious damage to the Mexican economy - most notably the vital tourism industry - the government of [...]

First United States swine flu death - 23 month old baby

Until now all of the swine flu deaths have been in Mexico but now the first death outside of Mexico has taken place. The first swine flu death in the United States has been a 23 month old baby from Texas. Reports surrounding the US swine flu death suggest that the baby had [...]

Mexico swine flu deaths number 159

The death toll in Mexico due to the swine flu outbreak now officially numbers 159. Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova says that there are a suspected 2,500 cases of swine flu in Mexico with more than 1,300 of those people in hospital with swine flu symptoms. People in Mexico have been told to [...]

Is this Mexican swine flu ground zero?

Most of the focus on the swine flu outbreak has been on where it might show up next. Yet, a big part of the Mexican flu is finding out where is started. Many believe that swine flu patient zero is a little boy in Mexico called Edgar Hernandez. People in his Mexican [...]

WHO warns nations to prepare for swine flu pandemic

Every few hours another confirmed case of a person displaying swine flu symptoms is popping up somewhere around the globe. With such an widespread swine flu outbreak looking impossible to stop the World Health Organization was prompted to make a statement warning the nations of the world to prepare for a swine flu pandemic. [...]

Swine flu case confirmed in Indiana

The spread of the swine flu outbreak continues. The latest confirmed case of swine flu in the United States had surfaced in Indiana. A student at Notre Dame reported swine flu symptoms earlier in the week. The results confirming the swine flu infection have been returned which forced the Indiana government to make [...]

World Health Organization confirms 73 known swine flu cases

The world moved a step closer to a global swine flu pandemic as the World Health Organization confirms that they are aware of 73 official cases of swine flu around the world. They spokesperson for the WHO conceded that there are likely more cases but could only discuss those which have been properly confirmed [...]

Texas family in swine flu quarantine

Behind every swine flu statistic is a real person. This Texas family is showing swine flu syptoms and so they have been put into quarantine as a precaution. In this interview with Larry King the family put a human face on swine flu quarantine. The mother of the Texas swine flu [...]