February 24, 2009 Patient zero is said to be a 6-month-old girl from northern Mexico, according to Celia Alpuche of the Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference in Mexico City. (Cohen J.

New simulations reveal that both H1N1 and COVID-19 spread across U.S. cities in a matter of weeks, often before officials realized what was happening. Major travel hubs helped drive rapid nationwide ...

The H1N1 influenza virus was discovered in the U.S. in the spring of 2009, and eventually spread around the world. It was initially called " swine flu," because it carried genes similar to influenza ...

President-elect Joe Biden named Ron Klain as his White House chief of staff on Wednesday – and the longtime Biden aide, who worked as an Obama administration Ebola response coordinator, is on record ...

Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on Feb. 5, 1976. On that bitter cold day, he collapsed and died. Autopsy specimens unexpectedly ...

The government will buy the vaccine supply along with needles, syringes, and alcohol swabs, and provide these items without cost to states according to population. State health departments and some ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. As the coronavirus threat has escalated in recent weeks, ...

WASHINGTON (Sept. 1, 2009) -- All military personnel will be vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus, and the vaccine will be available to all military family members who want it, a Defense Department ...

Scientists have found a genetic explanation for why the new H1N1 "swine flu" virus has spread from person to person less effectively than other flu viruses. But researchers say the new strain bears ...

At least 1 million Americans have contracted the novel H1N1 influenza, according to mathematical models prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while data from the field indicate ...

Six months later, Chan’s admonitions seem prescient. Rich countries’ hoards have become massive surpluses, and many nations are now trying frantically to cancel pending orders of vaccines or transfer ...

Eleven years ago, the H1N1 or “swine flu” pandemic tore through the US, hitting communities of color especially hard. Compared with white patients, nonwhite patients got sicker faster, recovered more ...