H1N1 flu spreads to remote corners of the world. There may be no escape from H1N1 pandemic flu, which according to the latest World Health Organization figures has spread to the most remote parts of the planet--including popular island getaways... [News Source]

US gears for huge swine flu vaccination push. Anxiously eyeing the approach of winter, US health officials are urgently gearing up for a huge vaccine campaign hoping Americans will swing behind efforts to protect them from swine flu. [News Source]

Closing the door on potential pandemics. As modern transportation is made available to more of the world, geographic boundaries that once protected us from remote disease outbreaks are nearly obsolete. And a major component of any strategy to protect ourselves must involve treating disease before it gets to us. [News Source]