Flu & Viruses

  • Flu vaccine protects heart

    Preventing flu by vaccination helps prevent middle-aged and elderly people suffering heart attacks, researchers reported last night. Read more

  • Virus breakthrough offers vaccine hope

    British university scientists say they have made a scientific breakthrough which could enable vaccination against a common virus which causes misery worldwide. Read more

  • Viral clue to fatigue syndrome

    A mysterious virus, associated with mice, may be responsible for chronic fatigue syndrome in humans, scientists reported yesterday. Read more

  • Swine flu pandemic "over"

    The world-wide swine flu pandemic is now over, the World Health Organisation declared yesterday. Read more

  • Aids hits baby-boomers

    Aids is spreading rapidly among Britain’s over-50s, a government watchdog warned today. Read more

  • New hope for Aids vaccine

    British scientists have found a "promising new approach" to developing an Aids vaccine, it was announced last night. Read more

  • Aids treatment booster

    Moves to extend HIV treatment are bearing fruit – with a massive increase in the numbers starting treatment last year, a major global conference was told yesterday. Read more

  • Swine flu killed "healthy"

    More than half of last year’s swine flu deaths in Britain involved people who were previously healthy, according to a new analysis. Read more

  • Experts question drug law HIV link

    Decriminalising addictive drugs might help prevent the spread of HIV, experts said today. Read more

  • Cancer vaccine boost

    The controversial cervical cancer vaccine may prove to be more successful in England than had previously been hoped, researchers said today. Read more