Swine flu blog: Cold snap to freeze out swine flu? (Whitehaven News) Could the cold snap be good news for fighting swine flu?... Deputy editor Alan Cleaver reports daily on the impact of swine flu in West Cumbria, with a particular slant on how the media and the public are reacting to the worsening crisis. [News Source]

The H1N1 pandemic: Is a second wave possible? Since early November, cases of H1N1 have continued to decline nationwide, and scientists keeping track of the numbers say that as pandemics go, 2009 H1N1 may turn out to be a mild one — at least for the time being. [News Source]

China worries swine flu vaccine campaign faltering. China's vaccination campaign against the H1N1 flu strain is not proceeding as fast as it should be partly because people are needlessly worried about the safety of the vaccine, officials said on Friday. [News Source]

Swine-flu warning for Chinese New Year. The Ministry of Health warned Friday that the swine flu outbreak in China could peak over the next several months, especially when hundreds of millions of people return home for the Chinese Lunar New Year. [News Source]

U.S. needs to focus more on vaccine safety. The United States needs to establish a permanent group that advises the government on vaccine safety and spend more money to address safety concerns about vaccines, the Institute of Medicine said on Friday. [News Source]

Sick of swine flu? toxic algae could be the next big threat. Scientists are still trying to unravel the mystery of what caused a massive algae bloom off the Northwest Coast that left thousands of seabirds dead and may have sickened some surfers and kayakers... [News Source]

Science fare Dec. 12, 2009 (Santa Fe New Mexican) Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Upcoming science, nature and technology programs on KNME Public Television. [News Source]