Reuters - Obese children and adolescents are 26 percent more likely to have some kind of allergy, especially to food, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

AP - Now that the swine flu virus has passed from a farmworker to pigs, could it jump back to people? The question is important, because crossing species again could make it more deadly.

AP - A leading U.S. health expert said Monday that while "there are encouraging signs" of a leveling off in the severity of the swine flu threat, it's still too early to declare the problem under control.

AP - Mexican officials lowered their swine flu alert level in the capital on Monday and said they will allow cafes, museums and libraries to reopen this week, even as world health officials weighed raising their pandemic alert to the highest level.

AFP - Officials in South Korea's capital will target children as young as seven for anti-smoking education and offer acupuncture to help them quit, authorities announced.

AP - Dr. Richard Besser had a relatively low public profile at the nation's public health agency. Then swine flu hit.

AP - Now that the swine flu virus has passed from a farmworker to pigs, could it jump back to people? The question is important, because crossing species again could make it more deadly.

AP - The tally of confirmed swine flu cases in the United States jumped Sunday to 245 in 35 states, but officials said that's largely from catching up on a backlog of lab tests rather than a sudden spurt in new infections.

AP - Strongly criticizing China's swine flu tactics as discrimination, Mexico announced it was chartering a plane Monday to bring its citizens home from China. Mexican officials also declared the epidemic to be waning, but medical experts worldwide said it was to early to make that call.

AP - U.S. health officials are cautiously optimistic that the new swine flu isn't as dangerous as first feared, but urged people on Sunday to keep taking commonsense precautions — and they can't predict if it will roar back in the fall.