How to Use swine flu in a Sentence

swine flu

noun
  • Also, this isn't the first time the world has grappled with swine flu.
    — Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 30 June 2020
  • Like most flu vaccines, the one for the swine flu was grown in chicken eggs.
    — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
  • All had been infected with swine flu three to six months before.
    — The Economist, 24 May 2018
  • Eighty percent of swine flu deaths were in people younger than 65.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Well, for one, some historic pandemics, named for their species of origin, are called swine flu.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 July 2020
  • And the swine flu shot seemed to roll out without too many noticeable problems.
    — Star Tribune, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Pig sales were already down after an outbreak of African swine flu last year.
    — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2020
  • The number of positive tests is the highest since the swine flu outbreak.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Sellers at the time claimed that swine flu was one of the many ailments MMS could treat.
    — Kristen V Brown, Bloomberg.com, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The more recent swine flu, while less fatal, has been traced back to pigs raised for food in North America.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
  • That’s the highest level since the swine flu pandemic in 2009.
    — Stacey Burling, Philly.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • In 2009, for example, the virus to fear was swine flu, which had jumped from pigs to people in spring of that year.
    — Amber Dance, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Kids, who are among the most vulnerable to the flu, went back to school in September, and the swine flu spread around the world.
    — Melody Schreiber, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The swine flu of 2009 is often remembered as the pandemic that cried wolf.
    — Philip Kiefer, Popular Science, 23 Feb. 2021
  • More children died from the flu this past season than any year outside of the swine flu pandemic in 2009.
    — Shiv Sudhakar, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2025
  • In considering vaccines, the agency takes a cue from a 1976 outbreak of the swine flu.
    — Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, ABC News, 11 July 2024
  • President Barack Obama did that in 2009 for an outbreak of the swine flu.
    — Gregory Korte, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The same Fauci who blew the swine flu in 2009 with his buddies Obama and Biden.
    — Michael Lee, Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Many of those pigs are fighting off the swine flu, under their owner's care, and the watch of the Department of Agriculture.
    — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2017
  • The vast majority of the claims under the program have stemmed from the H1N1 swine flu vaccine a decade ago.
    — Matt Sedensky, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Previous highs approached the 8 percent mark last year and during the 2009 swine flu pandemic.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • After all, in the spring of 2009, California detected swine flu in two kids who had no contact with pigs or with each other.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 2 Mar. 2026
  • My then-girlfriend (now-wife) actually got swine flu, and then took the ACT and absolutely embarrassed me.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
  • Fears of Guillain-Barre syndrome stem from a 1976 outbreak of swine flu, in which 45 million Americans received a new vaccine.
    — Liz Szabo, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
  • However, after the 2009 swine flu pandemic introduced the new H1N1 strain, several studies found the nasal spray was less effective than other flu vaccines.
    — Shiv Sudhakar, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Another company affected by the cuts, Tiba Biotech, said it was directed on Tuesday to stop all work on a therapeutic for H1N1 influenza, more commonly known as swine flu.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Specifically, researchers focused on 40,000 infants who were prenatally exposed to the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine and 29,000 infants who were not.
    — Lauren Gelman, Parents, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Over the weekend, health officials in Spain reportedly informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of a possible human case of swine flu that may have been caused by person-to-person transmission.
    — Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Humans are not typically infected with swine flu viruses, but there have been reports of human infections with influenza viruses that normally circulate in swine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    — Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026

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