Rappler's latest stories on swine flu
China downplays potential new swine flu pandemic
'Experts have concluded that the sample size of the report is small and not representative,' says foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian

New swine flu found in China has pandemic potential
The new flu possesses 'all the essential hallmarks of being highly adapted to infect humans,' say the authors

Albay bans pigs, pork products from Camarines provinces
Albay seals its border after pigs in neighboring CamSur are tested postive for African swine flu

Brazil's woes mount as swine flu adds to Zika problem
The outbreak of Type A of the H1N1 virus has killed 46 people in less than two months in Brazil That is 10 times the figure for all of 2015 the country s health ministry says

Iran reports 112 swine flu deaths since mid-November
The outbreak has claimed its first medical worker a nurse who contracted the flu from patients in a town hospital

H7N9 kills about third of hospitalized patients - study
Researchers warned watchdogs not to take comfort from a lull in new infections as the virus may reappear in the autumn
One in five were infected by pandemic flu
A study confirms warnings that so called swine flu was highly contagious and estimates that the flu s lethality as previously reported was low