The Philippine health department announced Thursday evening that there has been one A(H1N1) flu case confirmed in the country.

A fifth-grade student from California has become the youngest person in the United States to be diagnosed with breast cancer.

A new machine developed by scientists at North Carolina State University can keep animal hearts beating so that they can be studied for research. The machine is capable of keeping an animal’s heart pumping even after it has been removed from the body.

Scientists have snapped the first ever portrait of H1N1, the new swine flu virus that has swept the globe in recent weeks.

A 3D visualization of how the Swine Flu Gets Released!

The World Health Organization cautioned that the swine flu outbreak could gain momentum in the months ahead, despite claims by the health secretary of Mexico — the epicenter of the outbreak — that the virus “is in its declining phase.”

Rockville High School is closed “until further notice,” officials announced late Thursday, because authorities have reported a probable case of swine flu involving a student.

A 23-month-old toddler from Texas, USA became the first confirmed swine flu death case outside of Mexico. Officials say the death was in Houston.

Between March 1918 and late 1919, the “Spanish Flu” is thought to have infected perhaps 20 percent of the world’s population. Mortality estimates have long pegged the number of dead worldwide as somewhere around 20 million people — but newer estimates put the number closer to 100 million.

“From the voluminous shelves of the National Archives, here are vintage Swine Flu PSAs from 1976.”

Reports say that scientist may have found the solution for graying of the human hair. Research shows that human hair turns into gray because of a chemical reaction that causes it to bleach.