The esteemed British medical journal, the Lancet, reported this week that the incidence of tuberculosis in London had risen 50% in the last decade. Unlike neighboring countries, and the rest of the Western world, where…
The pronouncement last week by WHO Director General Margaret Chan that the H1N1 pandemic is officially over apparently ignores the latest reports from India. Health officials in the world’s second most populous nation say that…
A recent article in the Washington Post detailing criticism of the World Health Organization’s handling of the H1N1 (swine) flu pandemic, suggests that “much ado was made about nothing” and that the WHO was unduly…
Prompted by allegations that the swine flu pandemic was oversold to promote vaccine sales, researchers at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda MD have released their assessment of the mortality associated with the H1N1…
The flu season in the northern hemisphere has reached its midpoint, and the latest news suggests that the H1N1 outbreak has peaked in most if not all countries. Among the 208 countries where H1N1 has…
The news from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) this week is encouraging. It appears that H1N1 activity has temporarily peaked, with 43 states reporting widespread activity (down from 46 last week). However, the CDC…
In H1N1 news this week: Freakonomics charts how H1N1 has impacted this year’s flu season. The Wall Street Journal blog offers perspective on the number of H1N1 cases reported so far this year. New Scientist…
When the news broke that 2,500 schools in Iraq have been closed in response to H1N1 outbreaks, we couldn’t help thinking how susceptible we all are to headlines, sound bites and video clips. As H1N1…
Maybe your seasonal allergies are affecting you differently than they did last fall; maybe you’ve been sprayed with H1N1 via the coughs and sneezes of a germ-spreading co-worker; or maybe, you just don’t feel well. …
The H1N1 news this week provided some tech news, entertainment, and reassurance: Google is taking advantage of its view from the top of the world to map the global flu trends; the Dalai Lama has…
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