ATLANTA, April 30 (UPI) -- The genetic makeup of the A/H1N1 virus -- known as swine flu -- may mean the current outbreak won't be as deadly as an average flu season, a U.S. doctor said.
LONDON, April 29 (UPI) -- Health officials in Britain have announced plans to send information leaflets about swine flu to each of 25 million households.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 28 (UPI) -- Bulgaria's health minister says his country has no facility to identify swine flu virus and will have to ask a foreign lab to test a suspected patient's sample.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, April 28 (UPI) -- A Prague physician says three Czech tourists, back from Mexico, probably were not infected with swine flu, but test results are still to be completed.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. nutrition specialist says shoppers should not refrain from buying pork products because of the current swine flu outbreak.
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.
WASHINGTON, April 27 (UPI) -- Mexican officials did not warn U.S. officials about the swine flu breakout before President Barack Obama's visit in early April, the White House said.
WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is clear of any swine flu symptoms after making a trip to Mexico this month, officials 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.
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.
