More than 8,000 teachers on the Mexican side of the border are expected to get vaccinated against the seasonal flu.

Catching the H1N1 virus will not make someone completely immune to the flu, health experts told Action 4 News.

Action 4 News is hosting an H1N1 call center and LIVE chat session during its 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts on Thursday.

It is not rocket science, but health experts told Action 4 there is a proper procedure to wash your hands.

Health officials are urging tose going out trick or treating to exercise extra sanitary precautions against the H1N1 virus this years.

State health officials say Texas prisoners are not a priority to get swine flu vaccine and will not be vaccinated ahead of the general public.

Despite having ordered a large number of H1N1 vaccines, many students at the University of Texas at Brownsville said they won’t be taking it.

Wondering if the H1N1 flu is bad enough to require a doctor's attention?

The Cameron County Department of Health and Human Services has received its initial shipment of 100 doses of H1N1 vaccine.

The Hidalgo County Health Department was one the first locations in the Valley to receive a small shipment of H1N1 vaccines.

It is an issue that many health officials, schools, nursing homes, and even parents face today…how to protect our child from the H1N1 virus.

Officials say a 12-year-old south Texas girl has died after the swine flu caused her brain to swell.

Health officials have confirmed that a Brownsville man is the latest victim of H1N1 virus.

Authorities are continuing their push for school-age children to be vaccinated for the H1N1 virus.

A 26-year-old man who died at a local hospital may be the 20th person to have died from the diease in the Rio Grande Valley.

President Barack Obama huddled Monday with the leaders of Mexico and Canada for a swift North American summit over the swine flu and other issues.

According to the Texas Department of Health, the number of H1N1 Swine flu cases across the Valley continue to grow.

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) confirmed a possible H1N1 virus outbreak among those attending a recent convention.

The number of swine flu cases is rising across the Rio Grande Valley and Hidalgo county has the most in the state.

State health officials have released new figures that show six Rio Grande Valley residents died from the swine flu in June.

Two Edinburg students are confirmed to have H1N1.

Willacy County has its first confirmed cases of swine flu. According to the Texas State Department of Health Services, there are now three cases in Willacy County.

A 5-year-old Reynosa girl is among three victims who have died from the swine flu south of the border in Tamaulipas.

The husband of the first American to die from the swine flu is denying media reports that she had a pre-existing medical condition.

Texas state health officials released figures on Friday confirming 90 swine flu cases in the Rio Grande Valley.

Nueces County officials have confirmed that a Corpus Christi man has died from the swine flu.

Mexican health officials said a 28-year-old man who died in a Reynosa hospital tested positive for the virus that causes the swine flu.

Action 4 News has posted a full copy of court documents filed by the husband of a Mercedes teacher who died after getting the swine flu.

Thousands of students are headed back to class south of the border but campuses will have "health monitors" to guard against the swine flu.

A third case of the swine flu has been confirmed in Cameron County.

Students from at least five school districts are returning to classes on Monday after being dismissed to halt the spread of the swine flu.

The Texas House of Representatives adjourned on Thursday in honor of Mercedes teacher Judy Dominguez Trunnell.

A Rio Grande Valley man told Action 4 News that he was fired from his job after attending the funeral for a Mercedes teacher who died from the swine flu.

Action 4 News and VALLEYCENTRAL.COM have updated their school closures list.

The demand for swine swine flu screenings prompted Harlingen Medical Center to enact tighter restrictions and a new system to ensures walk-in patient safety.

The Speedzapper visited the Willacy County community of Lyford found some drivers actually trying to use the swine flu frenzy to their advantage on the road.

A confirmed Influenza A case has prompted Santa Rosa ISD officials to close down the district through Monday, May 18th.

Action 4 News has confirmed that a Cameron County woman has died from the H1N1 virus.

Hidalgo County officials have confirmed a swine flu case in Weslaco.

The swine flu closing of Brownsville ISD schools has caused an increase in demand for daycare services.  

The University of Texas-Pan American will reopen its Starr County Upper-Level Center Tuesday, May 5.

Action 4 News has learned that the American Consulate in Matamoros is expected to reopen its doors on Wednesday, May 6th.

Action 4 News has learned that Rio Grande City schools will remain closed for the rest of this week due to concerns about the swine flu outbreak.

Staff and residents are all smiles but here lately there's been concern over the swine flu.  

McAllen schools got an extra cleaning with industrial-strength germicides amid concerns about the swine flu.

The San Benito Boys & Girls Club has made decision to follow the San Benito CISD closure of schools.

Harlingen CISD has joined the growing list of Rio Grande Valley schools temporarily closing their doors because of the swine flu.

Matamoros offiicials are reopening Playa Bagdad after state officials ruled that the swine flu is entering a "phase of control" in Tamaulipas.

Tamaulipas Gov. Eugenio Hernandez-Flores told Action 4 News that the swine flu is entering a "phase of control".

After conferring with top state authorities, three "probable" H1N1 flu cases have been confirmed in the San Benito CISD.