Want to locate the latest outbreak of swine flu, also known as H1N1? Check your iPhone. A new application for the smart phone, created by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab, enables users to track and report outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as swine flu ...

New research says the best way to protect society's most vulnerable from the flu: Vaccinate school-age children and their parents. Kids already top the government's priority list for swine-flu shots this year because that new influenza strain targets the young. That ...

Lots of youngsters on your street? Watch out: Flu may strike your community sooner and harder than it hits the hip singles neighborhood down the road. Flu-shot season begins this month, and for the first time vaccination is being pushed for virtually all children — not just those under ...

Lots of youngsters on your street? Watch out: Flu may strike your community sooner and harder than it hits the hip singles neighborhood down the road. Flu-shot season begins this month, and for the first time vaccination is being pushed for virtually all children — not just those under 5. It's a huge change, and one bolstered by provocative new ...