Second wave of swine flu may have peaked. The level of flu activity across the nation has dropped for the fourth week in a row, federal health officials reported Monday, indicating that the second wave of the swine flu pandemic in the US has peaked. [News Source]

Swine flu still down in US but 198 children dead. Swine flu continues to wane across the United States, but it has killed more than 30 children since the last count, U.S. health officials said on Monday. [News Source]

Swine flu down but deaths above ‘epidemic threshold’ in U.S. Influenza infections fell for the fourth week in a row in the United States but the number of flu deaths remained above the epidemic threshold, a government health agency said in a weekly report. [News Source]

Fall wave of swine flu has peaked, data confirm. New swine flu infections continue to drop across the United States, confirmation that the pandemic’s fall wave has peaked, according to figures posted online Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [News Source]

Champaign-Urbana offers drive-through H1N1 vaccines. Elizabeth Lehmann didn't know exactly what to expect when she took her 3-year-old son, Noah, to get his swine flu shot. But as it turned out, it wasn't much different than grabbing a hamburger at the drive-through at McDonald's. [News Source]

Vaccine is worth the fuss, say experts. With swine flu ebbing and immunizations still maddeningly hard to find, one might be tempted to ask: Why bother to even look for vaccine? Experts say the answer is that the disease almost certainly will come back this winter--as seasonal flu. [News Source]

Staff at WHO headquarters get H1N1 flu shots. The World Health Organization, which has been stressing the safety and importance of H1N1 shots, on Monday had its own staff vaccinated against the pandemic virus. [News Source]

Amid probe, pharmacies cut back on liquid Tamiflu price. Consumers are being warned to shop around after investigators found significant variations in prices of the drug at different pharmacies. [News Source]

The swine flu, as of now. This is no time for Americans to let down their guard. Even if it is past its peak, the swine flu will go on to infect many millions more before it disappears. And if it follows the pattern of some previous pandemic strains, it could return in a new wave next year. [News Source]

H1N1 flu shot rumors bug health officials. The department started its listing of 14 flu clinics with a rundown of common H1N1 myths. One of the key fictions the district debunked is that thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative used in some vaccines, is dangerous. [News Source]

DA bans poultry imports from Czech Republic (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) MANILA - The Department of Agriculture (DA) has temporarily banned the entry of birds and poultry, including their products, from Czech Republic as part of its efforts to keep the Philippines safe from avian influenza or the bird flu virus. [News Source]

Dien Bien Phu bird flu death is fifth of the year (Thanh Nien Daily) A man with bird flu has died in northern Vietnam, after nearly six months of having no case recorded in the country, the health ministry said Monday. [News Source]