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U.S. Mortgage Fraud Remains at Epidemic Levels

Pat Choate | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business


Pat Choate

Nothing can better send a message to the world that the United States is serious about restoring the integrity of its money industry than by banning from it the prominent people who deceived the nation and the world.

Germs Don't Care If You Are Legal Or Not

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Do you really want to limit vaccinations only to people who have legal documents, or would you rather everyone get inoculated? Remember, those you exclude will likely have some sort of contact with either you, your kids, or the food you eat at some point.

Swine Flu: China Quarantines 300 In Hong Kong Hotel

AP | DIKKY SINN and MIN LEE | Posted 06.01.2009 | World


HONG KONG — Hundreds of tourists and employees were under quarantine in a downtown Hong Kong hotel Saturday after a Mexican guest tested positiv...

Swine Flu: China Confident Of Containing Outbreak

UPI | Posted 05.31.2009 | World


China's health minister expressed confidence that the country could prevent and contain the H1N1 flu, or swine flu, virus....

Preparing for the Swine Flu Apocalypse

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.31.2009 | Comedy


Warren Holstein

It is important to boycott bacon and pulled pork sandwiches. It shows that we are serious and committed to overreacting.

Swine Flu's Next Stop: The Pantheon of Stillborn Pandemics

Dan Pashman | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics


Dan Pashman

Even if swine flu eventually kills hundreds of Americans, it still won't be nearly as lethal as the regular flu, which has killed thousands of Americans already this year, just like it does every year.

Swine Flu's Potential Economic Effects: Mexico's Tourism, Retail Sure To Suffer

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.29.2009 | World


Wachovia has issued a report that gives a cursory overview of how the swine flu crisis will effect Mexico as well as international economies, based pr...

Swine Flu Threatens To Be Deadlier Than SARS, Bird Flu

Inter Press Service | Marwaan Macan-Markar | Posted 05.29.2009 | World


BANGKOK, Apr 29 (IPS) - When the World Health Organisation (WHO) raised the influenza pandemic alert from phase three to an ominous phase four warn...

Mexico Flu Epidemic a Bunch of Media Bunk

Diane Francis | Posted 05.29.2009 | Media


Diane Francis

Facts are that if there's a flu pandemic it's in the United States, not Mexico. Some 36,000 Americans died of influenza-induced illness in the last few years or 99 per day.

Fixing China's Health Problems

Jaeah J. Lee | Posted 01.13.2009 | World


Jaeah J. Lee

In one health crisis after another, Beijing has simply fired officials, issued new quality standards, and promised to get it right next time. Meanwhile, the scandals have only continued.