The Mexican death toll from the H1N1 swine flu virus is rising. Mexican Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said late Saturday three more people had died from the virus, bringing the total number of people killed to 19. He said another 454 people have been infected.

We should take every precaution to prevent the spread of swine flu. However, let us not be scared to death by the media hype over this strand of swine flu influenza. This lethal threat of Swine flu may be far less serious than some early reports would have us believe

Despite the swine flu, many are rushing to a diner in the small town of Calexico on the California-Mexico border. Why? A likeness of the Virgin Mary on the diner's griddle.

As the World Health Organization raised the virus alert level to 5 and warned of an oncoming pandemic, Mexico has decided to shut down its government.

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While the Mexican government has already identified "Patient Zero" in the swine flu outbreak, they've now identified the first person to die in the outbreak, and it seems this person may in fact have been a modern-day Typhoid Mary.

As controversy swirls about using the term "swine flu" for the A H1N1 virus currently sweeping around the globe, the question arises: what the heck does H1N1 mean?

A young 5-year-old boy, Edgar Hernandez, has been identified as "patient zero" in the swine flu outbreak, the first person infected by the disease once it made the pig to human leap.

The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens of the health risks of travel to Mexico at this time due to an outbreak of H1N1 “swine flu.” The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an April 27 notice recommending that American citizens avoid all nonessential travel to Mexico at this time.

All travel is going to take a hit from the swine flu outbreak which appears to be going global, and which has already killed 149 people in Mexico. And a number of travel related stocks took a hit today.

Already feeling the pressure of a swine flu variant which is stressing their emergency and health services, Mexico received another shock on Monday, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake centered near Chilpancingo, about 130 miles southwest of Mexico City.

In what is sure to foster a great sense of panic, and reminscent of the SARS scare six years ago, the EU's health chief has warned against travel to the U.S. and Mexico due to the swine flu outbreak.