DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The H1N1 influenza is a new strain of the flu virus, not the swine flu that has infected U.S. pigs for 80 years, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says.
BEIJING, July 18 (UPI) -- Eight swine flu cases in China have resulted in more than 100 U.K. and U.S. students and teachers being quarantined, officials say.
ATHENS, Greece, July 10 (UPI) -- Greek Health Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos has told the nation about 33 percent of the 11.2 million population could be infected with the H1N1 flu virus.
BANGKOK, July 8 (UPI) -- Two people died of swine flu in Thailand, bringing the total for the country to 11, officials said Wednesday.
NEW DELHI, July 8 (UPI) -- The total number of confirmed swine flu cases in India is at 158 after five more individuals tested positive Wednesday, a health official says.
ZAGREB, Croatia, June 16 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization said it erred in reporting a case of the H1N1 flu virus in Croatia, admitting the patient had a garden-variety flu.
GURNEE, Ill., June 5 (UPI) -- A 74-year-old Gurnee, Ill., resident has become the fifth person to die of swine flu in Illinois, the Lake County Health Department said.
KOBE, Japan, May 16 (UPI) -- Japan reported its first domestic infection of swine flu Saturday, 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.
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.
