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Swine flu outbreak skips Bay Area for now

Apr. 26, 2009
California health officials said Saturday that there was one more confirmed case of human swine flu in the state, but none have been reported in the Bay Area as local hospitals stepped up surveillance for a possible outbreak. In all, seven cases of the...
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DHS declares swine flu emergency

DHS declares swine flu emergency

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.

WHO: Swine flu has pandemic potential

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 shuts school amid swine flu scare

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.

Five more U.S. swine flu cases reported

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.

MRSA found in Midwestern swine, workers

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.

Study: Swine farm flu monitoring needed

EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists have recommended pig farm workers be monitored as part of influenza pandemic preparedness.

Swine fever costs Romania over 20,000 pigs

BUCHAREST, Romania, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- An outbreak of swine fever in a western Romanian farm, belonging to a U.S. meat processor, has forced authorities to kill about 20,000 pigs, media said Monday.

Study: Pigs are virtual virus mixing bowls

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.

Call made for greater swine flu monitoring

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.

Swine outbreak spreading in China

BEIJING, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The human death toll totaled 34 and the number of places in China reporting outbreaks a swine-related disease continues to grow.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler