Swine flu moves other nations to act (Los Angeles Times) In Asia, Europe and the Mideast, officials have implemented measures including infrared scans of tourists, meat import bans and travel warnings. Reaction to the spread of swine flu may seem muted in the United States, despite its proximity to the deadly outbreak in Mexico. [News Source]

New York cabaret queens to reign at Mad Cow (Orlando Sentinel) If Orlando has a lot to learn about cabaret, the best teachers are coming to town. [News Source]

KOREA: MBC staff arrested over mad cow (AsiaMedia) Prosecutors said yesterday they had arrested four more staff members at MBC in connection with its mad cow disease report last year, despite vehement protests from media workers. [News Source]

Dealing with swine flu (Business Standard India) After mad cow and avian influenza, it is now the swine flu that has caused worldwide panic about the possibility of a potential human pandemic, caused by an ailment of animal origin. [News Source]

Pork Industry Fights Concerns Over Swine Flu (New York Times) Even as medical professionals tell the public that pork is safe to eat, Wall Street analysts are predicting a sharp decline in sales at grocery stores. [News Source]

Swine Flu Giving Pork a Bad Name (Fox News) As the number of cases of swine influenza continues to climb worldwide, officials led by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack are waging a battle against bad public relations targeting the pig. [News Source]

Analyst downgrades Smithfield on swine flu woes (AP via Yahoo! Finance) An analyst downgraded shares of Smithfield Foods Inc. on Wednesday, saying the swine flu outbreak will hurt Smithfield's attempts to restore its sagging profits. [News Source]

Swine flu? A panic stoked in order to posture and spend. What is swine flu? It is flu, a mutation of the H1N1 virus of the sort that often occurs. It is not a pandemic, despite the media prefix, not yet. [News Source]

Pork industry fights concerns over swine flu. The swine flu is producing global hesitation over eating pork. [News Source]

Demand for Swine Flu Test Kits on the Rise in Maine (FOX 23 Maine) Westbrook-based Idexx Laboratories, a world leader in the development of animal diagnostic testing, reports that the spread of swine flu has led to an increase in requests for swine flu test kits. In years past, Idexx has taken the lead in producing tests for avian flu and mad cow disease. (Provided by News 13) [News Source]