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Now, humans can give swine flu to pigs

Washington, July 10 (ANI): In a new twist to the deadly swine flu pandemic, it has been found that the strain of influenza, A/H1N1, can now be transferred from humans to pigs, and can spread rapidly in a trial pig population.

For the study, Dr Thomas Vahlenkamp and a team of virologists from the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut in [...]

UPDATE 1-Australia’s OneSteel chops forecast, raises capital

OneSteel cuts FY09 earnings forecast to A$200 mln
* Plans to raise at least A$559 million
* Expects earnings improvement in FY 2010 (Adds detail)
MELBOURNE, April 16 (Reuters) – OneSteel Ltd (OST.AX), Australia’s second-largest steelmaker, cut its year earnings forecast by as much as 47 percent on Thursday in response to weak sales and said it would [...]