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.
BEIJING, April 30 (UPI) -- China's health minister expressed confidence that the country could prevent and contain the H1N1 flu, or swine flu, virus.
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.
MEXICO CITY, April 30 (UPI) -- Health officials say they're trying to unravel the riddle of why all but one of the 153 deaths in the swine flu outbreak occurred in Mexico.
LONDON, April 29 (UPI) -- Health officials in Britain have announced plans to send information leaflets about swine flu to each of 25 million households.
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.
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.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists have recommended pig farm workers be monitored as part of influenza pandemic preparedness.
