The Swine Flu Pandemic Is Over

Crossposted from TIME’s Wellness blog, because I find flu fascinating: So sayeth the World Health Organization (WHO)—and they should know, since they were the ones who declared a full, phase six-level pandemic a little more than a year ago. Now it’s done—this morning WHO head Dr. Margaret Chan announced that the group’s emergency committee of [...]

Are We Failing to Stop the Next Flu Pandemic?

A cross post from TIME’s Wellness blog: The H1N1 flu pandemic last year came out of nowhere. Well, not exactly—H1N1 first emerged in human beings in Mexico. But that wasn’t where most influenza experts were looking. The focus had been on southeast Asia, where the H5N1 avian flu had been infecting—and killing—human beings for the [...]