swine flu mexico

    By Aaron Crowe

    | 3:00PM 11/23/2009
    Just as swine flu activity is slowing, health officials are worried about another increase as people travel for Thanksgiving. And a few weeks after Thanksgiving, more people will be preparing to travel for Christmas, making now a good time to review government recommendations on travel during swine...

    By Jonathan Berr

    | 5:30PM 5/08/2009
    Would a virus by any other name be so controversial? Probably not. When the first cases of a mysterious illness that killed otherwise healthy young people in Mexico emerged, experts quickly determined it was the swine flu, the same type of virus responsible for the deadly pandemic of 1918. As...

    By Jonathan Berr

    | 7:00PM 4/29/2009
    Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary doesn't just run Europe's No.1 discount airline. He apparently fancies himself a specialist in infectious diseases.Speaking at a press conference today, O'Leary dismissed warnings from health officials that the swine flu epidemic which killed about 150 people...