Suspect Arrested for Flu Vaccine Theft
A Milwaukee man has been arrested for stealing a truck carrying nine hundred doses of a swine flu vaccine. The suspect is a thirty-eight-year-old man with a previous criminal record. Authorities are currently searching for two other men who were seen in the vehicle with him. The truck was stolen on Thursday night while idling [...]
Six Pigs Test Positive for H1N1
Final testing has confirmed that six pigs from the Minnesota State Fair have contracted swine flu – three more than initial testing indicated. The United States Agriculture Department said on Thursday that follow-up tests confirmed the presence of the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, in six samples taken from pigs at the Minnesota [...]
Kids’ Swine Flu Deaths at 114
Health officials say that swine flu has now caused the deaths of at least nineteen more children – the largest increase in one week since the pandemic began. At least one hundred fourteen have died from swine flu and related complications since April. The number stood last week at ninety-five. These statistics were released by [...]
Fight in Nevada Swine Flu Clinic Line
A fight was started on Thursday at a Reno clinic giving out swine flu shots when someone reportedly attempted to cut in line. Washoe County Health District spokesperson Judy Davis said she couldn’t provide details on the incident, except that it involved high-risk people waiting in line for a vaccine. A witness said a man [...]
New York Officials Rescind Mandatory H1N1 Vaccine
Health officials from New York have recently suspended a ruling that would have forced health care workers statewide to get vaccinated against swine flu. The order would have been effective by the end of November, and those refusing to comply with it could have lost their jobs. Health officials said they rescinded the order because [...]
US, Among Others, Stops Counting Swine Flu Cases
The United States government has stopped keeping track of the number of H1N1 flu virus. Doctors working for government offices report that they stopped counting the number of swine flu cases in July, when there were estimated to be roughly one million infected people in the country. The number of deaths has been just over [...]