Health | pandemic Forget Swine Flu— 5 Pandemics to Fear By Kevin Spak Posted May 10, 2009 10:00 AM CDT Copied Jose Manuel Heirbas, 12, infected by the dengue mosquito, is treated in a hospital in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Tuesday Jan. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Victor Rojas) While the world panics over swine flu, many far more serious outbreaks lie in wait, reports Foreign Policy. Here are some you won’t see on TV—yet: Cholera: The deadly diarrheal infection is rampant in Africa, with infections shooting up 96% in 2006. The current outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed 4,200 since August. Ebola: Unlikely to become a pandemic, but has an absolutely terrifying mortality rate. Spinal meningitis: This infection of brain and spinal fluid has killed 1,900 people in three countries this year, mostly in Nigeria. AIDS: China’s taken drastic measures to contain swine flu, but it’s done nearly nothing to stop AIDS, which killed 7,000 there in the first 9 months of last year. Dengue fever: The risk has shot up recently, with two-fifths of the world’s population now at risk. A recent outbreak has infected 50,000 Bolivians. Read These Next Rubio says the fate of Iran's conversion facility is what matters. Some of the most explosive Diddy allegations are dropped. NJ lifeguard survives after being impaled by an umbrella. Sprinter suffers wardrobe malfunction, still manages to win. Report an error