Wait a second. First we couldn't get away from that swine flu story, although we were told that it had affected less than 100 people in Mexico and only a handful here in the US. It was getting round-the-clock high decibel coverage on all channels. Twitter, our new electronic central nervous system, was going ballistic. Andy Borowitz seemed to be on to something when he wrote, "CNN Warns Swine Flu Could Continue Through Sweeps."
May 25 (Bloomberg) -- A 44-year-old man in Toronto diedafter contracting swine flu, the first confirmed death inOntario and the second in Canada. The man, who had a pre-existing medical condition.
* Chan says H1N1 could mutate in "unpredictable ways" * Japan relaxes flu measures, but prepares big aid project * U.S. gives companies $1 billion to start vaccine *.
TOKYO, May 19 -- To stop swine flu before it could sneak off airplanes arriving from North America, Japan dispatched masked health inspectors with fever-sensing guns to walk among passengers. But the flu has taken hold on this island nation anyway.
* Vaccine makers pledge to work on swine flu if needed * WHO works to secure doses for poor countries * U.S. officials worry about drug resistance GENEVA, May 19 (Reuters) - Companies could potentially turn out 4.
With a new death, a new cluster of school closings and revived discussions about whether the World Health Organization should raise the pandemic alert to the highest level.
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