Canadian pig herd infected with swine flu
A traveller carried the new H1N1 virus from Mexico to Canada, infecting his family and a herd of swine, Canadian health officials said on Saturday.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency stressed the incident posed no threat to the food supply.It said the herd in the western province of Alberta apparently caught the virus from a carpenter who travelled recently to Mexico, the epicentre of a swine flu outbreak that has spread to 18 countries and may have killed more than 100 people, all but one in Mexico...