Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch about the swine flu -- what it is and what can be done to stop its spread.

The World's Gerry Hadden reports on Spain's first reported case of swine flu and the precautions the government there is taking to reign in the virus.

Global swine flu outbreak

The World's Lorne Matalon has the latest from Mexico City on the swine flu outbreak there. Mexico's capital has essentially closed down, as authorities try to stop the spread of the swine flu virus.

Soldiers handing out masks (photo: Lorne Matalon)

Today on The World: Global concerns as health officials take steps to stop the spread of swine flu; Also, a micro-lending bank in Cambodia that may have grown too big; and we hear about a woman from Kandahar, Afghanistan, who dared become a public figure there, only to be gunned down.