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(NBC) -- At Abel Medical Supply in Ft. Pierce, Florida Laurie Lowe is used to fielding calls for wheel chairs, bed pans and braces, but this week all anyone seems to want are masks. "They're already sold out," said Lowe, a retail manager at the Ft. Pierce store.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas officials are postponing all public high school athletic and academic competitions until May 11 because of the swine flu outbreak.
WASHINGTON, (AP) - The CDC says swine flu has killed a 23-month-old child in Texas. It's the first U.S. death in the current outbreak.
(NBC) -- Pharmacies along the U.S. border with Mexico say they are having a hard time keeping flu medicine in stock.
Dr. Dora Mills on the Swine Flu outbreak. We'll talk with her about how worried you should be and how you can protect yourself.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- If you call 911 because you are not feeling well, be prepared to answer a few new questions.
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says two people are hospitalized with suspected swine flu.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say the number of confirmed swine flu cases in the United States has jumped to 64.
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico says the World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert for swine flu by one level, two steps short of declaring a full-blown pandemic
EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Health officials in the U.S. are now reporting 50 swine flu cases. Most of the cases are mild and none fatal.
(NEWS CENTER) -- Health officials in Maine are taking steps to combat the swine influenza should it infect people here.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials advised Americans against most travel to Mexico on Monday as a swine flu virus that began there spread to the United States and beyond.
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova says the government lacks the staff needed to visit the homes of everyone suspected of dying from swine flu.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Monday the threat of spreading swine flu infections was a concern but "not a cause for alarm," while customs agents began checking people coming into the United States by land and air.
(AP) -- Key developments on swine flu outbreaks:
AUGUSTA (AP) -- Maine officials, like their counterparts elsewhere, are monitoring swine flu developments.
LUXEMBOURG (AP) -- The European Union's health commissioner urged Europeans on Monday to postpone nonessential travel to the United States or Mexico due to swine flu.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House plans a briefing Sunday afternoon to discuss swine flu and the government's response.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire physicians have been asked to keep a close eye on patients with respiratory illnesses as cases of human swine flu continue to increase.
(AP) -- Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization and government officials:
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts public health officials say the number of confirmed swine flu cases in the state has jumped by 26 to 71.
GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization says up to 2 billion people could be infected by swine flu, if the current outbreak turns into a pandemic.
(NEWS CENTER) -- The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has identified three new cases of H1N1 influenza, or swine flu, in Maine.
ATLANTA (AP) -- People hospitalized in the United States for swine flu are turning out to be younger than is typical for regular flu.
KENNEBUNK (AP) -- Parents who scrambled to arrange day care coverage for children at Kennebunk Elementary School are breathing a sigh of relief as things return to normal.
McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- Texas health officials have confirmed the first death of a United States resident with swine flu.
ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. health officials are no longer recommending that schools close because of swine flu.
(AP) -- Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, and government officials:
NEW YORK (AP) -- The number of confirmed swine flu cases in New York State is now 90 -- 73 of them in New York City.
SCARBOROUGH (NEWS CENTER) -- Dr. Dora Mills says a reported case of H1N1 Swine Flu in Cumberland County has not been confirmed by the Maine CDC.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A leading U.S. health expert said Monday that while "there are encouraging signs" of a leveling off in the severity of the swine flu threat, it's still too early to declare the problem under control.
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico may soon be open for business again after a national shutdown due to the swine flu outbreak.
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER)--The governor's office reports Sunday that another adult in York County has come down with the H1N1 virus. There are now seven cases in Maine, and according to David Farmer of the governor's office, all are at home recovering.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Dr. Doug Salvador, Associate Chief Medical Officer, from Maine Medical Center spoke with News Center about clarification of the virus and tips for dealing with and treating flu-like symptoms.
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- More cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Maine.
AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- The number of Swine Flu cases in Maine remained at six Saturday.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Emergency personnel around the state have been getting daily swine flu briefings, and they are taking a few extra precautions as a result.
WESTBROOK (NEWS CENTER) -- While many businesses are being hurt by the flu outbreak, one here in Maine is benefitting.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The new swine flu virus lacks genes that made the 1918 pandemic strain so deadly, a U.S. health official said Friday.
PORTLAND (AP) -- Maine's top health official says the number of swine flu cases remains unchanged Friday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is voicing hope the swine flu virus will run its course "like ordinary flus."
MILTON, N.H. (AP) -- Several parents in Milton, N.H., sidestepped officials' assurances and removed their children from the elementary school after learning a teacher recently returned from Mexico, ground zero for the swine flu outbreak.
PORTLAND (AP) -- The Roman Catholic Church is announcing precautionary steps to prevent the spread of swine flu at Masses in Maine.
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