WASHINGTON, April 25 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials first knew of the swine flu outbreak in Mexico a week after Mexican officials first took steps to keep it from spreading, officials said.
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 25 (UPI) -- A swine flu virus that has killed at least 68 people in Mexico has the potential to become a pandemic, international health officials said Saturday.
MEXICO CITY, April 24 (UPI) -- Mexican health officials Friday ordered schools closed around the capital for fear of worsening a swine flu outbreak that may have killed as many as 60 people.
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers found a strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as ST398, in a swine production system in the Midwest.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists have recommended pig farm workers be monitored as part of influenza pandemic preparedness.
ROME, June 8 (UPI) -- International officials in Rome said Friday that the country of Georgia has been hit by the devastating pig disease African Swine Fever. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said the highly contagious viral disease, which is deadly to pigs but does
WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released swine being held on farms because of possible contamination and approved the animals for processing.
BUSAN, South Korea, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Scientists say they have identified the H3N1 swine influenza virus in domestic pigs in South Korea.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A federally funded study suggests U.S. farmers, veterinarians and meat processors have a markedly high risk of infection from flu viruses spread by pigs.
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Iowa researchers say the potential role for spreading diseases including avian bird flu among those in the swine industry has been overlooked.
