Swine Flu

Latest headlines

• 11th swine flu death in Sonoma County

  February 26, 2010
  Sonoma County's latest swine flu death was among the few remaining local residents still hospitalized for the illness at the start of the year.
  

• Study: Swine flu hit 63 million or more

  February 23, 2010
  Swine flu may have infected at least 63 million people in the United States last year, according to a study in Pittsburgh, where almost every second schoolchild probably caught the virus.
  
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  Fighting swine flu fatigue with clever marketing

  February 19, 2010
  Marco Torres stood on a busy road and waved an oversized yellow arrow with an unconventional message for a street marketing campaign: "FREE TODAY: H1N1 Flu Shots for All."
  

• Fighting pandemics like swine flu in digital age

  February 15, 2010
  A tap on the HealthMap iPhone application brings up a cluster of red pins on a map, representing nearby cases of swine flu. Another tap brings up a form for ordinary Americans to add to the collection by reporting bouts they have or know about.
  

• CDC: Swine flu made 57 million Americans ill

  February 12, 2010
  Swine flu cases are down, but health officials say the disease's cumulative impact has grown to 57 million U.S. illnesses, 257,000 hospitalizations and 11,690 deaths.
  

• U.S. swine flu epidemic shows signs of being over

  February 5, 2010
  Is the U.S. swine flu epidemic over? Federal health officials won't go so far as to say that, but on Friday they reported for the fourth week in a row that no states had widespread flu activity.
  

• Swine flu hits lull; seasonal flu not spreading either

  February 3, 2010
  For the first time since the beginning of the so-called second wave of swine flu in September, not a single person has been hospitalized in Sonoma County because of the H1N1 virus.
  
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  No mob scene at flu clinic

  January 23, 2010
  Sonoma County held its first unrestricted clinic for H1N1 vaccinations on Saturday. Turnout at the county fairgrounds was lower than expected.
  

• Concern for third wave of flu virus

  January 20, 2010
  There's still very little flu out there, swine or seasonal.
  

• CDC: 1 in 5 vaccinated against swine flu

  January 15, 2010
  About 1 in 5 Americans have been vaccinated against swine flu, according to the government's first detailed estimates of vaccination rates against the new pandemic.
  

• New CDC estimate: Swine flu death count rises

  January 15, 2010
  A new government estimate says swine flu has sickened about 55 million Americans and killed about 11,160.
  
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  Flu vaccine is here but public's interest is waning

  January 7, 2010
  
  

• As swine flu pandemic wanes, response praised

  January 2, 2010
  
  

• CDC: Fewer states seeing widespread swine flu

  December 31, 2009
  Health officials say swine flu was widespread in only four states last week, indicating the fall wave of illness is still declining.
  

• Rite Aid offering swine flu shots

  December 30, 2009
  Rite Aid pharmacies at three locations Sonoma County are now offering the swine flu vaccine shots for $15, half the price of its seasonal flu vaccination.
  
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  Where's the flu?

  December 26, 2009
  The regular flu season — which runs from December to March — is here. So where is seasonal flu? Public health officials say that by now we should be seeing older North Coast residents and those with underlying medical conditions in local emergency rooms.
  

• Rules eased on swine flu shots

  December 22, 2009
  Sonoma County public health officials intend to lift the restrictions Wednesday on who can get the swine flu vaccine, opening up H1N1 shots to anyone older than 6 months of age.
  

• Swine flu shots available to all Kaiser members

  December 21, 2009
  
  

• Officials: Enough swine flu vaccine for all

  December 18, 2009
  Finally, the nation's supply of swine flu vaccine will reach 100 million doses by week's end, opening the way for everyone, not just those at highest risk, to get protected.
  

• Flu shots recalled over potency

  December 15, 2009