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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4 News) The weekly situation report from the Utah Department of Health shows one reported death last week in the state related to the H1N1 flu virus.

(11/25/09) - Parents took advantage of the Thanksgiving break to get their children vaccinated for H1N1 flu virus.

New Mexico Health Department officials say four more people have died from swine flu, bringing the statewide total this year to 40 deaths. The latest deaths include a baby boy from Quay County and a 49-year-old man from Bernalillo County, both without chronic medical conditions. A 54-year-old woman from Curry County and a 74-year-old woman from Valencia County who had chronic medical conditions also died this past week. The state Health Department has found that American Indians are over-represented in deaths related to swine flu, also known as H1N1. This ethnic group represents 10 percent of New Mexico's population, but accounts for 20 percent of the deaths. The department will target vaccination efforts toward American Indians.

An NHS trust who left a man brain damaged after failing to diagnose his meningitis have today paid £3.2million compensation.

A floating hospital for the poor is sailing the Amazon, taking much-needed health services to populations who are still very isolated from the rest of the vast country.Duration: 01:52

The Islamic hajj pilgrimage this year peaks from November 25 to 29, coinciding with the height of a global alert over swine flu. Of the 6,000 Muslim faithful in Jordan preparing their journey, few have been vaccinated against the strain. Duration: 1:40

H1N1 cases may be on the decline but there could be an increase in season flu.

TMI officials say public not at risk, cause being sought.

The H1N1 vaccine is now being offered to people up to 64 years old with chronic health conditions. First District Health Unit will hold an H1N1 vaccination clinic tomorrow from 9 am to 1 pm, or until the vaccine runs out, at the Minot Municipal Auditorium. All priority groups identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are eligible for the vaccine, including children and adults 6 months through 24 years of age, pregnant women, parents, siblings and caregivers of infants under 6 months old, and finally, people ages 25 through 64 with chronic underlying health conditions like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, among others. Second doses of the vaccine will also be offered to children nine years old and under who were vaccinated before October 27th.

An H1N1 Clinic held at the Fresno Fairgrounds focused primarily on pregnant women and thousands showed up.

Department of Health releases music video on preventing H1N1

Healthy children aged under five are to be given the swine flu jab

Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Mark McClellan, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about the outlook for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's $848 billion health-care plan. Reid's proposal, unveiled yesterday, would create new government competition for private insurers, cover almost all Americans and raise a payroll tax on the highest earners. (Source: Bloomberg)

Santa pleads with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to add him to the H1N1 vaccine priority list.

Many women fighting adoption of new guidelines.

School working to dispell doubts about treatment.

Low income families try to juggle time off from work to take care of sick kids.

What's Going Around for the week of November 18th.