WASHINGTON, April 27 - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday there are now up to 40 cases of swine flu in five U.S. States. The CDC said there are now...
* Swine flu jitters weigh on stocks, feed safety bid * Benchmark 10-year yields ease to 2.98 percent * Treasury to sell $40 billion in 2-year notes (1700 GMT) NEW YORK, April 27 - Worries...
UNITED NATIONS, April 27 - The world must make sure that poorer countries hit hard by other crises do not have to bear the brunt of any possible swine flu pandemic, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...
WASHINGTON, April 27 - U.S. lawmakers plan to take a closer look at the U.S. response to the swine flu outbreak that has sickened about 20 people in the United States and more overseas, according...
PARIS/BRUSSELS, April 27 - The virus spreading around the world should not be called "swine flu" as it contains avian and human components and no pig has so far been found ill with the disease,...
GENEVA, April 27 - A World Health Organisation emergency committee could raise its pandemic alert level to phase 4 or 5 as a deadly swine flu outbreak shows no signs of slowing, a spokesman for...
* Russia, China ban pork imports from Mexico, U.S. * WHO says no danger of swine flu from contact with pork GENEVA, April 27 - Outbreaks of swine flu have prompted several countries to ban...
LIMA, April 27 - Peru is investigating its first suspected swine flu case after an airline passenger arrived in Lima from Mexico with flu-like symptoms, Health Minister Oscar Ugarte said on Monday. "There is a...
GUATEMALA CITY, April 27 - Authorities in Guatemala are testing a patient for a suspected case of swine flu on Monday, a hospital director in the capital said. Dr. Hector Font told local radio a...
WASHINGTON, April 27 - President Barack Obama said on Monday that U.S. officials were closely monitoring cases of swine flu in the country, but he said there was no immediate cause for alarm. "This is...