Swine Flu

FARMINGTON -- An increase in the number of hospitalizations in Davis County from influenza, as well as the number of flu cases being reported in Europe, are giving Davis County health officials cause for concern heading into the peak of the flu season.

OGDEN -- It's fall, and for thousands of residents in the Top of Utah, that means it's time to prepare for the coming flu season.

SANDY -- The time for flu vaccinations is just around the corner, but getting the vaccine will be much easier this year than last.

ATLANTA -- Fears of swine flu helped boost vaccination for ordinary seasonal flu last year, with a record 40 percent of adults and children getting the vaccine, federal health officials said Thursday.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Public health departments in Utah are getting rid of thousands of expired, unused swine flu vaccines.

The health department in Salt Lake County -- the state's largest -- has already sent off about 1,500 doses to the incinerator. Another 5,500 will expire at the end of the month. In Utah County, about 11,000 outdated doses will have to be destroyed by the end of June.

LOS ANGELES -- Vaccination rates for the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus have varied widely around the country, with New England having the highest vaccination rates and the South having the lowest, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

LOS ANGELES -- The likelihood of a third wave of pandemic H1N1 influenza appears to be declining as all indicators of swine flu activity remain low throughout the bulk of the country, according to new data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.