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.
BEIJING, April 30 (UPI) -- China's health minister expressed confidence that the country could prevent and contain the H1N1 flu, or swine flu, virus.
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.
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.
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.
