Filed under: North America, Mexico, News, Travel DealsAfter near-hysteria over Mexico's outbreak of the H1N1 (swine) flu virus crippled the country's tourism industry and resulted in record low hotel occupancy rates, Mexico City's tourism is slowly rebounding. To help get tourism back to its…
Filed under: Etc., Safety, HondaIf there's one worldwide news story that's stealing thunder from the impact the global economic downturn is having on automakers, it's the swine flu scare. Now, the two stories converge as Honda Motor Co. has reportedly suspended all global business travel until…
Filed under: Business, News TripAdvisor asked its visitors a simple question: are you changing your travel plans because of the swine flu scare? Plenty of people had answers: 2,857 people, to be exact. The vast majority (61 percent) won't be deterred by the risk of swine flu, though there's no…
Filed under: Airports, NewsFueled by a global panic about the Swine Flu, some airports are installing thermal imaging cameras to spot arriving and departing passengers with elevated temperatures. This technology is new to our continent, but has been used in Asia for years, mainly because of their…
Filed under: Hey Doc Every year, 30 to 60 million people get the flu in the United States, leading to about 35,000 deaths. Those are some daunting numbers for a virus most of us treat like a nuisance. Why are many public-health officials already worried about the current ... Read…
Filed under: North America, Mexico The White House issued a non-apology today, clearly practicing a technique that it will use often over the next four years. Vice President Joseph Biden is famous for speaking without thinking "saying one thing and meaning another." Today, he announced that he…
Filed under: Style in the News, Cosmetics, Beauty TipsThe entire world is in a frenzy with the recent outbreak of swine flu. With the number of confirmed cases steadily rising, drugstore sales of hand sanitizers and masks have rapidly increased (and has even resulted in shortages). No doubt this…
Public concern over swine flu dominated our Hot Searches list today. The illness, usually hosted by pigs, has begun to infect people and is spreading human to human through coughing and sneezing. Cases of human infection were reported in early April but have increased quickly, causing a probable…
This is hardly a fun way to end the week, but whatever strange Friday post I would usually write surely pales in comparison to a global pandemic. If you must travel in the near future, please be advised of the following Swine Flu Travel Tips for Mexico and General Travel. (This document is…
SPOFFORD, TX - An outbreak of swine flu is being controlled in Mexico City, but the first infected pig was just found and killed in the States! A monstrous mutant pig held a small town in a grip of a terror, stomping out for nightly rampages that destroyed crops, wrecked barnyards and left…
Check out these swine flu commercials from 1976 -- you'll think twice before you go outside, kiss your wife or breathe again. ...Permalink