LOS ANGELES, April 27 (UPI) -- Overblown fears of a U.S. swine flu pandemic in 1976 resulted in an enduring public backlash against mass vaccinations, historians say.
OTTAWA, April 27 (UPI) -- Canadian officials reported six cases of H1N1 swine flu with Mexican origins at both sides of the country.
WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- U.S. officials said Sunday there is no evidence the outbreak of swine flu has affected swine and consumers cannot get the virus from eating pork.
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.
ATLANTA, April 24 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials say they have discovered five more people infected with swine flu, confirming that it is being spread from person to person.
NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Health officials say almost all of the cases of flu reported so far this season are resistant to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists have recommended pig farm workers be monitored as part of influenza pandemic preparedness.
NIAMEY, Niger, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Niger has reportedly become the third African nation to report confirmed cases of the deadly strain of avian flu.
BEIJING, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture said Sunday two more suspected cases of the deadly strain of H5N1 bird flu have been reported.
