MILWAUKEE, April 28 (UPI) -- Those who have asthma or other respiratory conditions should be aware they are at higher risk from swine flu, U.S. asthma specialists advise.

NORTHAMPTON, England, June 25 (UPI) -- Some 250,000 residents of Britain's East Midlands have been warned to boil their drinking water to ward off possible cryptosporidium bacteria contamination.

GRANGEMOUTH, Scotland, April 28 (UPI) -- A costly, two-day strike at a Scottish oil refinery has not resulted in panic fuel buying, officials said Monday.

NEW YORK, July 27 (UPI) -- Some bottled water is just tap water, a New York environmental lawyer said.

SEOUL, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Four in 10 South Koreans blamed the United States more than any other country for North Korea's test of a nuclear weapon, a survey said.

MOSCOW, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- An unfounded rumor about acrimony between Russia and Ukraine has sparked a surge of panic-buying of table salt by Russians who remember the Soviet era.

HARBIN, China, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Residents of the northeast Chinese city of Harbin have been panic-buying bottled water and other drinks after the city turned off the water for four days. The sudden announcement of a water shutoff beginning at noon Tuesday sparked rumors that the Songhua

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Doctors around the United States report anxious patients trying to prepare for an avian influenza outbreak by stocking up on Tamiflu.

LONDON, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- British motorists, worried about a gasoline blockage by haulers to protest higher duties, indulged in panic buying at the pumps, ignoring government pleas.

LONDON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Skyrocketing fuel prices in Britain has set off concerns the government may introduce some form of restrictions if panic buying continues.