ATLANTA, April 27 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization Monday elevated its international pandemic alert one step to Phase 4 in response to the swine flu outbreak.
WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- U.S. officials said Sunday there is no evidence the outbreak of swine flu has affected swine and consumers cannot get the virus from eating pork.
WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is clear of any swine flu symptoms after making a trip to Mexico this month, officials say.
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.
MEXICO CITY, April 24 (UPI) -- Mexican health officials Friday ordered schools closed around the capital for fear of worsening a swine flu outbreak that may have killed as many as 60 people.
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.
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers found a strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as ST398, in a swine production system in the Midwest.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists have recommended pig farm workers be monitored as part of influenza pandemic preparedness.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A federally funded study suggests U.S. farmers, veterinarians and meat processors have a markedly high risk of infection from flu viruses spread by pigs.
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Iowa researchers say the potential role for spreading diseases including avian bird flu among those in the swine industry has been overlooked.
