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Mexico's swine flu outbreak appeared to be easing on Saturday with a decrease in serious cases, the government said, but world health officials warned the unpredictable virus could still become a pandemic.

Chinese health authorities have quarantined 164 of the 189 passengers and crew members aboard a flight from Mexico to Shanghai that carried a man now ill with the A/H1N1 flu virus.

Canadian officials say pigs in the province of Alberta have been infected with the new swine flu virus and are under quarantine.

After a week of headlines about the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, many emergency rooms and hospitals are crammed with people, many of whom don't need to be there. "We are spending significant time in the emergency department, calming people down," says a doctor whose company oversees 18 emergency rooms in Southern California.

The swine flu virus is not as lethal as authorities originally thought, Mexico's health secretary said, though the disease continued ...

The World Health Organization said on Friday that tests had shown the current seasonal vaccine against flu would have little effect against the new H1N1 strain.

Hong Kong will quarantine about 300 hotel guests and staff for a week after a guest was found to have the A/H1N1 flu virus.

A man from Mexico is trying to capitalize on the H1N1 virus with a new line of stuffed animal called Achufy! The small, blue stuffed figurine is supposed to commemorate the latest outbreak of H1N1 in Mexico and across the globe...

The creator of Achufy! says the stuffed animal is, "A souvenir of the 2009 Epidemic that united Mexico. You can use the stuffed animal to tell your grandchildren of this unique experience in history."

The Obama administration forgot the first rule in a crisis: Never send Vice President Joe Biden to calm people's fears.