Reuters - From 1974 to 2000, peaks in the rate of the acute lymphoblastic type of leukemia (ALL) among children in the UK seem to have occurred immediately after influenza epidemics, new research shows -- suggesting a possible causal link.

AP - Sweden recorded its first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain on Wednesday, saying European laboratory tests confirm two birds found dead in the southeast were infected with the virus.

Yvonne Lee - All Headline News Staff Reporter (AHN) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued recommendations to aid manufacturers in developing seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccines. The FDA says its goal is to expedite the development and availability of safe and effective vaccines...

AP - Federal regulators published draft guidelines Thursday on ways to speed new flu vaccines to market for common winter influenza as well as an even deadlier strain of the virus, such as bird flu that has health officials worldwide worried about a pandemic.

AP - France confirmed cases of bird flu on a turkey farm, but it was not immediately clear whether it was the deadly H5N1 strain, the agriculture minister said Friday.

Reuters - All children between 6 months and 5 years old should be vaccinated against influenza, a panel of U.S. vaccine advisers said on Wednesday.

Reuters - All children under 5 or older than 6 months should be vaccinated against influenza, a panel of U.S. vaccine advisers said on Wednesday.

Reuters - All children under 5 and older than 6 months should be vaccinated against influenza, a panel of U.S. vaccine advisers said on Wednesday.

AP - Next year's flu vaccine will contain protection against two newer strains of influenza, a Food and Drug Administration committee decided Friday.

AP - The government, for the first time, is urging doctors not to prescribe two antiviral drugs commonly used to fight influenza because of concerns about drug resistance, officials announced Saturday.

Reuters - The 2006 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule includes new recommendations for immunizing against meningitis, whooping cough (pertussis), influenza, hepatitis A and hepatitis B, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported today.

Reuters - The 2006 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule includes new recommendations for immunizing against meningitis, whooping cough (pertussis), influenza, hepatitis A and hepatitis B, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported today.