Protecting Herd Health From Swine Flu Outbreaks
Ohio pork producers follow strict production guidelines in preventing the introduction of disease-causing organisms to their herds....
WHO Revises Death Claims For North American Flu
A spokeswoman from the World Health Organization (WHO) has greatly reduced the number of actual deaths due to H1N1 flu, saying it has officially recorded only eight deaths around the world....
Agencies Clarify Facts on New Outbreak of H1N1 Influenza
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization are reiterating that the new, hybrid form of North American flu (H1N1) involves solely human-to-human transmission, and that there is no connection to this new virus and contact with swine....
WHO Heightens Swine Flu Alert
The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the level of influenza pandemic alert from its current phase 3 to phase 4 to reflect continued spread of the hybrid flu strain....
World Animal Health Body Says Swine Flu Wrong Name
The influenza strain that is causing concern around the world should not be called “swine flu” as it also contains avian and human components, and no pig has been found ill with this virus so far, The Office of International Epizootics (OIE) said today....
Meat Group Stresses Pork Is Part of Healthy Diet
“Although news of influenza infections in people in Mexico, the United States and a handful of other countries is unsettling, the fact remains: U.S. pork is safe,” declares American Meat Institute (AMI) President J. Patrick Boyle. “Consuming pork has not been ...
President Obama Says Swine Flu Spread Not Yet ‘Cause for Alarm’
President Barack Obama said today that the threat of swine flu spreading is a cause for concern but “not a cause for alarm” as the United States works to closely monitor borders to contain it....
CDC: Pork Safe to Eat, Hogs Not Source of Swine Flu Outbreak
An outbreak of a hybrid form of swine influenza has not affected the safety of pork, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta....
Scientists Identify New Type Of Swine Flu in Humans
Seven cases of a unique type of swine flu in humans have U.S. health officials concerned whether it is linked to a strain responsible for more than 130 cases of severe respiratory illness in Mexico....
Research Scientists Track Human Spread of Trichinae Parasite
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are tracking how spread of the parasite trichinae (Trichinella spiralis) throughout Europe, North America and... ...
