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(CIDRAP News) – Testing of a sampling of pigs shown at the Minnesota State Fair during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic revealed that 19% of them were infected with flu viruses, even though they looked healthy, according to a new study.

(CIDRAP News) – The 2011-12 flu season in most temperate countries of the Northern Hemisphere started later than usual, except for North Africa, and was mild in many countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in a wrap-up report.

(CIDRAP News) – In 2011 the United States saw the highest number of measles cases in 15 years, four times higher than a typical year, with many of the cases linked to foreign travel, especially to Europe, federal health officials said today.