Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Friday that nearly $5 million in grants was available to help South Carolina prepare for the H1N1 flu virus and the fall flu season.

Health experts are warning parents against holding “swine flu parties” in the hope of infecting their children with the H1N1 virus.

Mount Pleasant doctor tells News 2 he is treating a patient with a confirmed case of swine flu.  The patient live in the Walterboro area, but is being treated at Nason Medical Center in Mount Pleasant.

After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin figured he could get through just about anything. But being held in quarantine in China amid swine flu concerns on what was supposed to be a simple economic development trip?

A fourth person in Arizona has died from complications of swine flu - pushing the world’s death toll to 102.

Though lawmakers have adjourned for this session, the head of DHEC is requesting lawmakers listen to their preparedness plan for a swine flu outbreak.

State health officials say the swine flu virus has tapered off in South Carolina, with no new confirmed cases over the past week.  But officials say surveillance will continue because of concerns the virus will return this fall.

A swine flu victim in New York died Sunday night after battling swine flu complications.

South Carolina prison officials say regular inmate visits will resume this week after they had been halted because of worries about swine flu.

Texas health officials have confirmed the first death of a United States resident with swine flu.

A Utah company has petitioned the federal government, offering its new portable pathogen detector to identify H1N1 virus infections within minutes instead of days.

More than 400 South Carolinians have called 211 since Friday looking for answers to their questions about the H1N1 flu.

Mexico is turning down the alarm on its swine flu outbreak. Officials say they will allow public places in Mexico City like cafes, museums and libraries to reopen this week.

This is the text of a letter sent to USC students and parents on Friday regarding swine flu.

Over 12,000 riders board CARTA’s fleet of buses on a daily basis. CARTA is asking riders to carry and use hand sanitizer.