GENEVA, Switzerland, June 11 (UPI) -- The world is at the beginning of the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic, the World Health Organization director general said in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday.
SANTIAGO, Chile, June 3 (UPI) -- The first fatality from the H1N1 flu virus in South America was a Chilean man, health officials in that country said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, May 31 (UPI) -- This year's swine flu outbreak refuted many of the predictions about how the next large-scale flu pandemic would originate and spread, experts say.
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.
NEW YORK, May 3 (UPI) -- Swine flu continues to increase, but there are no signs it will reach the level of a pandemic outside North America, the World Health Organization said.
MANILA, Philippines, April 30 (UPI) -- Asian health officials activated pandemic plans, tightened border surveillance and stockpiled drugs, responding to a heightened worldwide alert on swine flu.
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.
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.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists have recommended pig farm workers be monitored as part of influenza pandemic preparedness.
