Flu & Viruses
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Pregnant women urged to get flu vaccine
Pregnant women are five times as likely as others to die from infection with swine flu, according to a new analysis published last night. Read more
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Call to end secrecy on new drug approval
Researchers are calling for an end to the "secrecy" surrounding approval of new drugs. Read more
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Probe ordered into UK swine flu spending
A senior doctor is to conduct a review of Britain’s handling of the swine flu scare, it has been announced. Read more
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Plinth petition for vaccine pioneer
A new campaign is seeking to get a medical pioneer back on the plinth he was banished from nearly 150 years ago. Read more
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Surprise links swine flu to 1918
The mutation that makes flu viruses become pandemics may also be their main weakness, researchers revealed last night. Read more
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World Cup flu vaccine call
Football fans travelling to South Africa for the World Cup could find themselves facing infection from swine flu, British experts warned yesterday. Read more
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Hope for beating killer diseases
The world can take real hope that the scourge of diseases such as malaria, HIV and TB may be neutralised within a few years, campaigners said yesterday. Read more
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Virus link to gluten intolerance
Viral infections may lie behind the development of wheat intolerance disease, researchers have reported. Read more
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Flu threats bubble in tropics
Recorded deaths from swine flu in England have increased substantially in the last fortnight – while bird flu is resurfacing in some parts of the world, it was announced yesterday. Read more
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HIV drug link threat warning
Not many countries are offering adequate services to prevent drug users contracting HIV – and they are missing a chance to stem the spread of the virus, researchers warn today. Read more