Flu & Viruses
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Extend HIV treatment – WHO
Patients infected with HIV should be offered drug treatment much earlier than in the past, according to major new global guidelines published yesterday. Read more
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Deal aims to stop new killer virus spread
Global guidelines have been agreed to help control the spread of the new middle-eastern virus – amid growing fear of the impact of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Read more
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Clues on new virus
The deadly new virus emerging from the Middle East should not be compared with the earlier SARS disease, researchers warn today. Read more
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Virus testing could prevent hundreds of cancers
Testing for viruses rather than taking smears would save hundreds of women from the misery of cervical cancer, it is claimed today. Read more
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UK steps up measles battle
British doctors are set to administer more than 200,000 extra doses of the MMR vaccine as they battle to halt the spreading measles outbreak, it was revealed today. Read more
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"Marginalisation" blamed for HIV epidemic
Poverty and marginalisation are playing a key role in fuelling the HIV epidemic in Europe and central Asia, experts said yesterday. Read more
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Double dose flu drug has no impact
High doses of anti-flu drugs make no difference to patient recovery, researchers say today. Read more
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Gene therapy plan for flu treatment
Gene therapies could be used to treat flu in case of a serious pandemic, researchers reported last night. Read more
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New virus incubates for week or more
A deadly new virus emerging in the Middle East incubates for up to two weeks before victims suffer symptoms, doctors warned today. Read more
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New flu drug resistant
The new bird flu virus in China has already shown it can mutate rapidly to be resistant to drugs, it was revealed yesterday. Read more