WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A new study is about to be published in Canada that links the swine flu virus to seasonal flu shots, Canadian health officials say.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The H1N1 influenza is a new strain of the flu virus, not the swine flu that has infected U.S. pigs for 80 years, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- University of Maryland researchers say laboratory tests indicate the H1N1 flu virus spread quickly but it may not mutate into a "superbug" this fall.
MADISON, Wis., July 14 (UPI) -- A team of U.S. virologists says the H1N1 flu virus pathogen is more virulent than previously thought.
ATHENS, Greece, July 10 (UPI) -- Greek Health Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos has told the nation about 33 percent of the 11.2 million population could be infected with the H1N1 flu virus.
ZAGREB, Croatia, June 16 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization said it erred in reporting a case of the H1N1 flu virus in Croatia, admitting the patient had a garden-variety flu.
WINDSOR, England, May 29 (UPI) -- Britain's Eton College, founded by King Henry VI nearly 570 years ago, was closed Friday after a student tested positive for swine flu, officials said.
LOS ANGELES, April 27 (UPI) -- Overblown fears of a U.S. swine flu pandemic in 1976 resulted in an enduring public backlash against mass vaccinations, historians 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.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. firm BioCryst said Thursday it has been awarded $102.6 million from the U.S. government to develop Peramivir for seasonal/pandemic flu.
