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NEWS ABOUT: pigs

pigs stories: 4 news summaries

Experts: Don't Blame Pigs
for Swine Flu

H1N1 virus likely arose among jet-setting humans

May 9, 09 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The humble porker shouldn't be the one taking the blame for the H1N1 virus, scientists tell the Los Angeles Times. Pigs provided some of the raw material for the virus, experts say, but so did birds and humans. The most likely incubators and spreaders of the virus, according to scientists,... More »

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swine • virus • outbreak • influenza • swine flu • pigs • H1N1 virus

 Farmers Battle 
 Egyptian Cops 
 Over Swine Cull 

UN calls pig slaughter unnecessary; critics see religious targeting

May 3, 09 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Egyptian farmers are flinging stones and dodging rubber police bullets over a government order to slaughter the nation's pigs, the BBC reports. Originally touted as a way to protect the population against swine flu, the cull has reignited religious tensions between the country's majority Muslims and Coptic Christians, who farm... More »

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(Newser) - Canadian officials quarantined a pig herd in Alberta today, saying a worker who had visited Mexico apparently infected the swine with H1N1, the Calgary Herald reports. But health officers are playing down what may be the first case of person infecting a pig with swine flu. “The chance that... More »

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ANALYSIS

 All Flu Is Bird Flu: Scientists 

... even swine flu

Apr 28, 09 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - People, pigs, and birds aren’t alone in their influenza woes. Horses, whales, and seals catch the virus, but scientists think all flu is actually avian flu, explains Brian Palmer in Slate. Birds carry each of the 144 types of influenza, which is able to jump species by mutating to... More »

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