WELLINGTON, New Zealand, April 29 (UPI) -- Health officials in Asia-Pacific countries say they're stepping up efforts to confirm the number of cases of swine flu in the region.
ATLANTA, April 29 (UPI) -- The number of confirmed U.S. swine flu cases rose to 91, with one death, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta reported at midday Wednesday.
LONDON, April 29 (UPI) -- Health officials in Britain have announced plans to send information leaflets about swine flu to each of 25 million households.
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 29 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization Wednesday raised its swine flu alert to phase 5, saying influenza pandemics must be taken seriously.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 28 (UPI) -- Bulgaria's health minister says his country has no facility to identify swine flu virus and will have to ask a foreign lab to test a suspected patient's sample.
ATLANTA, April 28 (UPI) -- The number of suspected and confirmed swine flu cases climbed worldwide Tuesday as health officials work against the flu believed to be spreading from Mexico.
HOUSTON, April 28 (UPI) -- Six cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Texas with at least another 27 cases awaiting confirmation, state health investigators said.
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.
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.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists have recommended pig farm workers be monitored as part of influenza pandemic preparedness.
