The agency's emergency committee has suggested it is "premature" to recommend downgrading the global flu outbreak.

A web security firm says gangs are making millions of dollars selling fake swine flu vaccines online.

The state Department of Health and Hospitals says two men died last week from swine flu complications, bringing the total number of swine flu-related deaths in Louisiana to 35.

Health officials announced Wednesday that people between the ages of 24 and 65 with chronic medical conditions can now get doses of the vaccine. Pregnant women and children younger than 6 months old also remain eligible.

In line with national trends, Louisiana has not received as much swine flu vaccine as expected. The delay: it’s taking longer than expected to reproduce the virus for vaccination purposes. Video

An Ashburn, Virginia woman is in the fight of her life after suffering a very rare side effect to the seasonal flu shot.

People all over the state can start looking into how to get the swine flu vaccine. Louisiana doctors got their first batch of vaccine today.

Many people in Louisiana are debating skipping the immunization. However, medicine will be in short supply anyway. Video

The state’s health department confirmed Friday that three more people in Louisiana have died from H1N1, or swine flu, in the past week.

The state health department has confirmed an eighth person in Louisiana has died because of H1N1 flu, or swine flu. The victim was a man from the Houma/Thibodaux area.