Swine Flu Reveals Flaws in Global Public Health System
By Laura Carlsen
Although the Internet and media are abuzz with reports and opinions on the swine flu epidemic, finding clear and confirmed information is maddeningly difficult. Official communications and omissions that indicate bending over backwards to protect industry interests have given rise to a plethora of rumors, ranging from wild conspiracy theories to justified suspicions that officials are working overtime to deflect public attention from the hog farms.

Outbreak of Deadly New Swine Flu Strain, Warning to Rethink Agricultural Trade Model
By Talli Nauman
Authorities' declaration of an "epidemic" and then an "imminent pandemic" fueled an environmental health craze of staggering socio-economic impact in Mexico, weighing heavily on top of existing fiscal woes and survivors' heartbreak over lost loved ones.

Mexico's Swine Flu and the Globalization of Disease
By Laura Carlsen
Mexico has long been considered the laboratory of globalization. Now a potentially deadly virus has germinated in that laboratory, finding ideal conditions to move quickly along a path toward global pandemic.