As the UA awaits its first shipment of H1N1 vaccinations, Daily Wildcat back issues show this isn’t the first time campus has braced itself against a strain of the dreaded swine flu. In October 1976, ...

In February 1976, an outbreak of swine flu struck Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey, killing a 19-year-old private and infecting hundreds of soldiers. Concerned that the U.S. was on the verge of a ...

Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on Feb. 5, 1976. On that bitter cold day, he collapsed and died. Autopsy specimens unexpectedly ...

In 1976, 45 million people received shots against the disease.?However, it was the vaccination that ended up doing more damage. Twelve people died and another 400 people were paralyzed after ...

Nationwide panic. Subtle symptoms. Comparisons to the 1918 flu epidemic. Not much has changed in 32 years. That’s the last time swine flu made headlines in the United States. In November 1976, people ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who got immunized against the 1976 "swine flu" epidemic that never happened may have benefited from the shots after all -- they may have been protected from the 2009 H1N1 ...

Q:I was in the military in 1976 when we were required to get a swine-flu vaccine. But now I hear that there is a new swine-flu vaccine. If I was vaccinated back then, am I protected from the current ...

As U.S. health officials consider rolling out a plan to inoculate the nation against swine flu in the next several months, they are haunted by the events that unfolded the last time the government ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Tony Perry reported today thata 9-year-old girl in Imperial County and a ...

As U.S. health officials consider rolling out a plan to inoculate the nation against swine flu in the next several months, they are haunted by the events that unfolded the last time the government ...