TOKYO, May 5 (UPI) -- The number of Japanese travelers returning to the country from North America has prompted a buildup of airport health quarantine workers, officials said.
ATHENS, Greece, May 4 (UPI) -- British pop singer Tulisa Contostavlos was being tested for swine flu after she fell ill on a flight from England to Greece, her manager said.
WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- At least 434 U.S. schools in 18 states were closed Friday to prevent the spread of the swine flu, forcing 245,000 students to stay home, 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.
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.
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.
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.
