Swine Flu, April 2009-May 2009
So much for the swine flu. Now that just one death has been attributed to the illness—and experts have concluded that the swine flu isn't any more deadly than the regular, old seasonal flu—U.S. health officials are no longer recommending that schools close down if students come down with virus. That sound you hear? It's millions of kids groaning in pain at the prospect of having to turn off the Wii and return to their homework. [AP]