KIEV, Ukraine, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The presidential election in Ukraine might be delayed by the epidemic of H1N1 influenza, a government official said Friday.
LONDON, July 11 (UPI) -- A swine flu patient who was otherwise healthy died Friday in England, health officials said.
BEIJING, April 30 (UPI) -- China's health minister expressed confidence that the country could prevent and contain the H1N1 flu, or swine flu, virus.
PHILADELPHIA, July 3 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've developed a potential way to use DNA to vaccinate against avian flu, allowing rapid mobilization during an epidemic.
KABUL, Afghanistan, March 14 (UPI) -- Five cases of the bird flu virus have been detected in Afghanistan, while a U.N. agency says that the country is "unprepared" to face the crisis. An official from the Food and Agriculture Organization in Kabul warned "risks are high" that the virus detect
FLEMINGTON, N.J., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A majority of U.S. doctors in a national survey believe neither the U.S. government nor the medical community is prepared to deal with a bird flu epidemic.
BOSTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A study shows 3- and 4-year-old children may be the prime spreaders of influenza in the United States.
NEW YORK, May 22 (UPI) -- New York City health officials have begun creating a crisis plan for the possibility of a deadly new flu strain reaching the city.
BANGKOK, July 16 (UPI) -- The new outbreak of bird flu in Thailand is spreading, with suspected infections in eight districts in Bangkok, officials said.
BANGKOK, July 9 (UPI) -- Bank of Thailand Governor Pridiyathorn Devakula said Thursday the new bird flu outbreak would have minimal negative impact on the country's economy.