WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Sunday it has declared a public health emergency in a bid to stop the spread of a swine flu virus.
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.
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, April 16 (UPI) -- Russian health officials say a deadly strain of bird flu has been confirmed in Russia's Far East after 10 birds died last week.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists have recommended pig farm workers be monitored as part of influenza pandemic preparedness.
JAKARTA, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Indonesian health officials confirmed Monday a man who died Jan. 1 was infected with the H5N1 avian flu virus.
WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) -- The world is unprepared for an impending flu pandemic, lacking public awareness and medicine, The Washington Post reports.
BANGKOK, March 5 (UPI) -- Thailand's health minister has said the country will conduct human trials of an avian flu vaccine with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- U.N. officials on Thursday said fighting in northern Afghanistan has stopped health workers from aiding flu victims in a northern valley outside Faizabad, where some 25 children recently died. World Health Organization spokeswoman Lori Girardet said a WHO
