CAIRO, May 3 (UPI) -- Egyptian swine farmers reportedly threw projectiles at police in Cairo Sunday in protest of a plan to cull Egypt's pigs to prevent the spread of swine flu.
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.
WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. coalition of the dietary supplement industry advises against attempting to use dietary supplements as a swine flu remedy.
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.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, April 29 (UPI) -- European Union officials Wednesday rejected a French proposal to impose limits on flights to Mexico because of the swine flu outbreak, Prague Radio 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.
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 29 (UPI) -- Countries in Europe, Asia and South America, anxious about the swine flu outbreak, have banned pork imports despite assurances that consuming pork is safe.
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.
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.
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.
