November 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A6 LOS ANGELES – Silvia Cordero eyed the row of disinfecting gels, soaps and hand sanitizers at a Rite-Aid in Culver City with the intensity of a drill sergeant preparing troops …

November 13, 2009 in City on Page A7 Swine flu has likely sickened more than 500,000 people in Washington, the state’s Health Department estimates. The surprising new number is based on the statistical modeling that federal officials used …

November 12, 2009 in Nation/World Swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April and killed nearly 4,000, including 540 children, say startling federal estimates released Thursday. 7

November 6, 2009 in Idaho The Panhandle District is expanding its swine flu clinics Saturday in all five North Idaho counties.

November 5, 2009 in City on Page A7 A woman in her 20s died of swine flu Tuesday at a local hospital, the Spokane Regional Health District said Wednesday. She is the sixth Spokane County resident to die …

November 4, 2009 in City A woman in her 20s died at a local hospital of swine flu, the Spokane Regional Health District said today. 2

November 4, 2009 in City on Page A6 All appointments have been filled for a free swine flu vaccination clinic Saturday at the Spokane Valley YMCA, the Spokane Regional Health District announced Tuesday. Several hundred appointments are still …

November 4, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Obesity appears to be a risk factor on a par with pregnancy for developing complications from an infection with pandemic H1N1 influenza, according to the most comprehensive look yet at …

November 3, 2009 in Idaho The Panhandle Health District will provide H1N1 vaccinations Saturday by appointment to preschool children, starting at 6 months of age, in clinics in Idaho’s five northern counties.

November 3, 2009 in City on Page A5 Swine flu is suspected of killing an otherwise healthy Spokane woman in her 50s. Her death, announced Monday by the Spokane Regional Health District, is the fourth of a Spokane …

November 2, 2009 in City, Idaho The deaths of a fourth Spokane County resident and the first North Idaho resident from swine flu were announced by health districts today.

November 2, 2009 in City The first confirmed cases of seasonal influenza have been reported in Spokane, affecting two people.

October 28, 2009 in City on Page A5 Health officials are postponing H1N1 vaccinations across the Inland Northwest, as shipments of the vaccine fall further and further behind. On Tuesday, the Spokane Regional Health District postponed three clinics …

October 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A9 The federal government’s preparedness for the H1N1, or swine flu, pandemic that has claimed more than 1,000 lives nationwide was inadequate and incomplete, a congressional subcommittee said Tuesday.

October 28, 2009 in Idaho on Page A9 BOISE – Idaho education officials are bracing for a raft of waiver requests from school districts that have seen student attendance suffer from the flu and don’t want the drop …

October 27, 2009 in Idaho Idaho education officials are bracing for a raft of waiver requests from school districts that have seen student attendance suffer from the flu - and don’t want the drop in …

October 27, 2009 in City, Idaho Planned swine-flu vaccinations in Spokane and North Idaho are being postponed due to a lack of vaccine, health districts in both locations say.