Mexico shutting down for five days due to swine flu outbreak

While fear of a global swine flu outbreak is sweeping from country to country, it is still true that Mexico remains the country which has been hit the hardest by H1N1. With the swine flu outbreak doing serious damage to the Mexican economy - most notably the vital tourism industry - the government of [...]

Mexico swine flu deaths number 159

The death toll in Mexico due to the swine flu outbreak now officially numbers 159. Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova says that there are a suspected 2,500 cases of swine flu in Mexico with more than 1,300 of those people in hospital with swine flu symptoms. People in Mexico have been told to [...]

Is this Mexican swine flu ground zero?

Most of the focus on the swine flu outbreak has been on where it might show up next. Yet, a big part of the Mexican flu is finding out where is started. Many believe that swine flu patient zero is a little boy in Mexico called Edgar Hernandez. People in his Mexican [...]