David J. Rothkopf relates how modern media technology has amplified the spread of "infodemics" surrounding public health scares and how best to curb it.

David Dobbs examines why the swine flu seems to be more deadly in Mexico.

CFR's Laurie Garrett provides historical context to the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico.

This RAND Corporation report provides guidelines for state and local officials to improve their emergency responses to public health threats.

As China rebuilds from the great quake, a changed country is emerging with some surprising winners and losers.

Harvey Fineberg, who now runs the Institute of Medicine, was commissioned to analyze the 1976 Swine Flu Fiasco. This article summarizes his warnings regarding mistakes that ought not to be repeated.

The ACLU discusses the need for a public health -- not a law enforcement/national security -- approach to preparing the country for a pandemic.

This study tested the association of multiple interventions with reduced disease transmission during the 1918 epidemic.

This report from the United States Institute of Peace and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) Task Force on Public Health and Conflict details the results of a symposium on the implications of the North Korean famine of the mid-1990s.

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports on implications of climate change for coastal systems and low-lying areas and six important policy-relevant issues that have emerged.

Trumping all previous estimates, one German climatologist believes global sea levels could rise as much as 140 centimeters by the end of the century. That could mean catastrophic hurricanes and floods. But other experts discount the significance of the new model.

The World Health Organization's Department of Public Health and Environment has prepared a basic facts sheet about the radioactive Polonium-210 as a possible health concern.

This Congressional Research Service report examines the history and social consequences of the AIDS epidemic in Africa and discusses its implications for U.S. foreign policy.

A new paper in the New England Journal of Medicine looks at the evolution and spread of the H5N1 (avian flu) virus.

OxFam International has issued a report criticizing the failure to implement the Doha Declaration on Public Health.

CSIS conducted a survey of key policymakers to ascertain their perceptions about the threat of biological weapons.

AMR Research conducted a survey of multinational corporations to assess their readiness for a pandemic. Of the 207 companies surveyed, 43% have policies in place to analyze risk in the event of a pandemic, while another 49% have policies under evaluation.

Laurie Garrett outlines inconsistencies in the Chinese government's reports about the ongoing H7N9 outbreak.

Yanzhong Huang responds to a China File conversation on the recent bird flu outbreak in China.

Laurie Garrett explores the possibility of a new pandemic in China.