Reacting to the announcement from Norwegian scientists that the H1N1 swine flu virus has successfully mutated, a number of experts reassured the public - saying the vaccine is effective against the new strain.

Swine Flu continues to take a toll on children in the U.S. with 171 confirmed fatalities. As well, children under four have the highest hospitalization rate. 26,315 hospitalization are reported for people of all ages since Aug. 30 with pneumonia and flu.

The H1N1 virus has been showing signs of mutation and resistance to the Tamiflu medication. This is a new twist in a picture that’s been getting fuzzier.

Five people at the University Hospital of Wales' unit for severe underlying health conditions have developed a form of swine flu that does not respond to Tamiflu.

While headlines decry the rising H1N1 death toll, news is emerging that there have been no more deaths from this pandemic than from seasonal flu.

Norwegian scientists working with H1N1 swine flu samples have discovered a mutated form of the virus and have expressed concerns over the highly virulent nature of the newly discovered strain.

A sudden surge in deaths has taken Canada's death toll from Swine Flu to 250. Just two days ago, the total stood at 198. Ontario is reporting 18 more deaths, Alberta 22, and B.C. three more. The additional 52 deaths were reported Nov. 17 to Nov. 19.

On Tuesday, an 80-year-old Quebec man died after taking the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccination but health officials are stating that it's too soon to link the death and vaccine.

B.C. doctors billed the Medical Services Plan for 50,000 consultations with patients for Swine Flu symptoms. More than 112,000 prescriptions for Tamiflu were written out. But government says we may finally be seeing light at the end of the tunnel.

Rates for Russian gas transported through Ukraine to Europe will double next year. The move could raise more tension between the two nations and affect the flow of one-quarter of Europe's gas supply.

This year Santa is asking for a gift before holding sneezing tykes-a swine flu vaccine. As the parade of shopping mall Santas ready to tackle the holiday question of what kids want for Christmas, they are asking to have protection from the swine flu.

144 more people have been admitted to hospitals in B.C. in the past week and seven more deaths are reported to take the fatality toll from Swine Flu to 30. More than 20 have died in the past three weeks. B.C. hospitals are crowded because of H1N1.

The government released information on Saturday that two people in China have died after receiving the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccination.

Several B.C. hospitals are over capacity with hundreds of Swine Flu patients, a spokeswoman for the ministry of health confirms. 42 people are on ventilators because they can't breath on their own. Four major hospitals are overflowing.

With wild rumors circulating across the internet on the nature of the flu strain raging in the Ukraine, a team of British scientists having begun testing the 'super flu' that has been responsible for 189 deaths across the country.

Hospitals are swamped with Swine Flu patients. In one week, 1,324 Canadians were admitted for serious Swine Flu complications. The Public Health Agency of Canada said 198 children were among those admitted between Nov. 1 and Nov. 7.

The swine flu is hitting Ontario hard. How are the homeless faring this season when it comes to the disease? I went to the source, the shelters that deal with the homeless on a daily basis.

A deadly Swine Flu surge in Ontario has killed 24 people in a 72-hour period, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. Up until Nov. 10, Ontario's death toll stood at 37. The new total of deaths in Ontario is now 61, the highest in Canada.

The flu season has only just begun but already Health Canada has spent upwards of $1.5 billion to pay for the vaccination program and the public campaign urging people to get immunized.

During the 1970s flu scare, when a strain of the Swine Flu circulated in the United States, hundreds of people contracted Guillain-Barre syndrome after being vaccinated. A new case in Virginia has some worried history will repeat itself.