MEXICO CITY, May 4 (UPI) -- Mexico City's restaurants, boarding houses and other establishments closed during a nationwide swine flu scare can reopen this week, officials said.
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.
BEIJING, April 30 (UPI) -- Chinese government officials called reports that the H1N1 swine flu outbreak originated in China baseless.
MANILA, Philippines, April 30 (UPI) -- Asian health officials activated pandemic plans, tightened border surveillance and stockpiled drugs, responding to a heightened worldwide alert on swine flu.
MEXICO CITY, April 29 (UPI) -- A 5-year-old boy living in a mountain village may be patient zero in the global swine flu outbreak, Mexican health officials said.
LONDON, April 29 (UPI) -- Health officials in Britain have announced plans to send information leaflets about swine flu to each of 25 million households.
MEXICO CITY , April 28 (UPI) -- Tens of thousands of public venues have been closed to contain the spreading swine flu virus in Mexico City and throughout the country, officials say.
SMITHFIELD, Va., April 28 (UPI) -- U.S. pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. says it has not found any signs that a swine flu outbreak is connected to its two Mexican plants.
WASHINGTON, April 27 (UPI) -- Mexican officials did not warn U.S. officials about the swine flu breakout before President Barack Obama's visit in early April, the White House said.
NEW YORK, April 27 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices fell on the New York Mercantile Exchange Monday as commodities were undermined by an outbreak of the swine flu.