Puerto Rico reports 1st swine flu case – Americas AP – MiamiHerald.com

Puerto Rico reported its first case of the swine flu on Monday, making it only the second Caribbean island to confirm the virus’s presence.
Lab tests confirmed that a 39-year-old Puerto Rican man had the disease, Gov. Luis Fortuno told a news conference. The man, whom authorities did not identify, apparently became infected during a recent [...]

Dem Lawmaker wants border closed over swine flu

The “swine flu” that has infected more than 1,000 people in Mexico has led a lawmaker on the House Homeland Security Committee to call on U.S. officials to close the southern border.
Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) said the border should be closed until the threat is resolved.
via TheHill.com – Lawmaker wants border closed over swine flu.

Mexico faces criticism over swine flu response

Two weeks after the first known swine flu death, Mexico still hasn’t given medicine to the families of the dead. It hasn’t determined where the outbreak began or how it spread. And while the government urges anyone who feels sick to go to hospitals, feverish people complain ambulance workers are scared to pick them up.
A [...]