CAIRO, May 3 (UPI) -- Egyptian swine farmers reportedly threw projectiles at police in Cairo Sunday in protest of a plan to cull Egypt's pigs to prevent the spread of swine flu.
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- Top officials in the U.S. administration said Sunday the ongoing swine flu outbreak is likely not as serious as initial estimates predicted.
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.
BEIJING, April 30 (UPI) -- Chinese government officials called reports that the H1N1 swine flu outbreak originated in China baseless.
LONDON, April 30 (UPI) -- A member of the British Parliament stirred controversy with a Twitter posting that jokingly blamed the swine flu on a "Britain's Got Talent" singer.
LONDON, April 29 (UPI) -- Health officials in Britain have announced plans to send information leaflets about swine flu to each of 25 million households.
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.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 28 (UPI) -- A Purdue University veterinarian says flu viruses are named for the first animal in which they are found; the current swine flu was discovered in pigs in 1930.
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.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., April 27 (UPI) -- With swine flu being reported in the United States, one might wonder whether weather has any part in spreading the flu -- and the answer is maybe
