Three more deaths in Virginia associated with swine flu have been confirmed, including a Norfolk woman with underlying health problems. The other two deaths involved a man from the Richmond health district and a woman from the West Piedmont health district. Both had underlying conditions. Due to privacy concerns, the state health department did not identify victims.

Buckle your seat belts for a bumpy flu season.
As if the regular flu wasn’t bad enough, this year’s pandemic H1N1 strain, commonly known as swine flu, will add more cases to the sniffling masses, and produce them earlier.
 Here’s what you need to know.
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How can I find an H1N1 flu vaccine? 

NORFOLK The Norfolk Health Department's nursing teams will visit four elementary schools beginning Friday to give children and staff members the H1N1 flu vaccine. Norview Elementary School's clinic will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday. On Monday, nurses will visit Granby Elementary at 9 a.m. and Suburban Park Elementary at 12:30 p.m.

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Peninsula Health District officials plan an H1N1 vaccination clinic for adults Saturday.

It will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Brittingham-Midtown Community Center, 570 McLawhorne Drive. The clinic is for adults only, a news release says; children will not be vaccinated.

The following groups will be vaccinated:

The number of flu cases is on the decline after peaking in late October, but health experts are warning people not to let down their guard on the pandemic H1N1 virus.

The city Health Department's nursing teams will visit four elementary schools beginning Friday to give children and staff members the H1N1 flu vaccine. Norview Elementary 's clinic will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday. On Monday, nurses will visit Granby Elementary at 9 a.m. and Suburban Park Elementary at 12:30 p.m. On Tuesday, Oakwood Elementary will have its vaccine clinic at 1 p.m.

The Virginia Department of Health has confirmed a fourth death related to swine flu in Hampton Roads: a woman from the Western Tidewater Health District - which includes Suffolk, Isle of Wight County, Southampton County and Franklin. Larry Hill, public spokesman for the regional VDH, said the case was only recently confirmed and could not disclose when the woman died.

RALEIGH, N.C. Health officials in North Carolina say two pregnant women were among five people who died of pandemic H1N1 flu or similar symptoms in one week.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services would not say where the women lived. All five died during the week of Oct. 25.

VIRGINIA BEACH A 42-year-old man who died Friday at a Virginia Beach hospital had been diagnosed with the flu, according to his wife, who was told it was likely the H1N1 virus. Health officials have not confirmed that Allen Clinton Johnson had swine flu.

In the midst of a swine flu pandemic, should guests at a wine-tasting party share a single glass? A version of that question faces many Hampton Roads churches, where congregants sip from a shared Communion cup. A Georgetown University doctor warns against such a practice, but it's routine during Communion in Catholic, Episcopal and Lutheran churches.