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.
MEXICO CITY, May 3 (UPI) -- Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said Sunday evidence suggests the H1N1 flu epidemic is "going downward" even as the number of confirmed cases rose.
CAIRO, May 2 (UPI) -- Egyptian authorities have begun slaughtering 300,000 pigs as a precaution against swine flu, officials said.
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) -- Chinese government officials called reports that the H1N1 swine flu outbreak originated in China baseless.
CAIRO, April 29 (UPI) -- Egypt began killing thousands of pigs Wednesday to keep swine flu out of the country.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 29 (UPI) -- A U.S. extension specialist says swine producers follow strict biosecurity protocols to prevent swine flu and other diseases in their herds.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists have recommended pig farm workers be monitored as part of influenza pandemic preparedness.
BUSAN, South Korea, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Scientists say they have identified the H3N1 swine influenza virus in domestic pigs in South Korea.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- A pig used for research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will have its DNA provide the first sequence of the swine genome.
