WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- The United States is working with Russia and other countries to halt the spread of the swine flu virus, a top U.S. public health official said Saturday.
SHANGHAI, May 1 (UPI) -- The city of Shanghai has implemented emergency measures to help prepare for the possible arrival of swine flu, a health official says.
MANILA, Philippines, April 30 (UPI) -- Asian health officials activated pandemic plans, tightened border surveillance and stockpiled drugs, responding to a heightened worldwide alert on swine flu.
ATLANTA, April 30 (UPI) -- The genetic makeup of the A/H1N1 virus -- known as swine flu -- may mean the current outbreak won't be as deadly as an average flu season, a U.S. doctor said.
LONDON, April 29 (UPI) -- Health officials in Britain have announced plans to send information leaflets about swine flu to each of 25 million households.
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.
SMITHFIELD, Va., April 28 (UPI) -- U.S. pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. says it has not found any signs that a swine flu outbreak is connected to its two Mexican plants.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. nutrition specialist says shoppers should not refrain from buying pork products because of the current swine flu outbreak.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 28 (UPI) -- A Purdue University veterinarian says flu viruses are named for the first animal in which they are found; the current swine flu was discovered in pigs in 1930.
NEW YORK, April 27 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices fell on the New York Mercantile Exchange Monday as commodities were undermined by an outbreak of the swine flu.
