KOBE, Japan, May 16 (UPI) -- Japan reported its first domestic infection of swine flu Saturday, officials 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.
NEW YORK, May 1 (UPI) -- A survey of the New York City high school where students have been battling swine flu found 1 in 3 students reported flu-like symptoms, health officials said.
SACRAMENTO, May 1 (UPI) -- Officials are reported looking into the possibility that some of the so-called swine flu believed to spread from Mexico actually came from California.
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.
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 29 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization Wednesday raised its swine flu alert to phase 5, saying influenza pandemics must be taken seriously.
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.
MEXICO CITY, April 27 (UPI) -- The death toll in Mexico blamed on the contagious swine-flu virus has reached at least 149, Mexican officials said Monday.
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 27 (UPI) -- Countries worldwide are taking precautions to prevent the swine flu outbreak from crossing their borders, the World Health Organization in Geneva said.
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 25 (UPI) -- A swine flu virus that has killed at least 68 people in Mexico has the potential to become a pandemic, international health officials said Saturday.
