Opinion:Chill out, peeps. It’s just the flu. (The Lantern) Do you know what disease has killed thousands of people already this year? Can you guess what disease will continue to kill hundreds more each month despite our best efforts? Do you know what we've spent decades researching and given millions of vaccinations for, but still just won't go away? West Nile Virus? Mad Cow Disease? Bird Flu? Hardly... [News Source]

Survey Spotlight: The Pig Flu (Charleston City Paper) One offering from our lighthearted news survey and two of the four possible answers: The swine flu landed in news cycles over the weekend. We don't understand why all of these scary diseases have to involve things that play a role in everyday life (bird flu, mad cow, swine flu, etc.). With that in mind, what’s the next virus America is sure to catch? A. The Rosey Palm Influenza B. The Geico Cash ... [News Source]

Swine flu: Your questions answered (CNN) Over the past week, I've been inundated with questions about swine flu, via Facebook, Twitter, CNN blogs and e-mail. So this week I'm empowering people with information about swine flu: how to protect yourself, what all the numbers mean and why you shouldn't freak out. [News Source]

Daily Rant (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel) I had just gotten over the panic of bird flu and mad cow disease. Now the end-of-the-world swine flu is upon us. It is all just too much to handle. What is next? Maybe a high-wind warning! [News Source]

Opinion: Swine Flu is a Wake Up Call (Newsweek) The swine-flu outbreak caught health officials completely by surprise—just as a bioterror attack would. [News Source]

Swine flu: Your questions answered (CNN) Over the past week, I've been inundated with questions about swine flu, via Facebook, Twitter, CNN blogs and e-mail. So this week I'm empowering people with information about swine flu: how to protect yourself, what all the numbers mean and why you shouldn't freak out. [News Source]

The true cost of eating meat. How many food scares will it take before the EU institutions wake up to reality? [News Source]

Swine flu moves other nations to act (Chicago Tribune) In Asia, Europe and the Mideast, officials have implemented measures including infrared scans of tourists, meat import bans and travel warnings. Reaction to the spread of swine flu may seem muted in the United States, despite its proximity to the deadly outbreak in Mexico. [News Source]

Swine flu: How to deal with it (rediff.com) Over 150 people have already lost their lives in Mexico, the US and elsewhere, prompting the World Health Organisation to proclaim the flu as a 'public health emergency of international concern'. While the mad cow and bird flu could pass on from animals to humans through either direct contact with the diseased animals or on consumption of the under-cooked flesh of sick livestock, the swine flu ... [News Source]

Laura Berman: Detroit mostly cool over flu (Detroit News) For $6.99, I buy a pack of surgical masks at Walgreens. It's the last one on the shelf. Most drugstores, an online search reveals, don't have any. [News Source]