Flu & Viruses

  • Changes needed to stop HIV epidemic

    HIV prevention programmes in Africa that target couples that have one infected partner are not doing enough to bring about a reduction in the virus among the general population, experts warn today. Read more

  • Swine flu infected half of children

    The swine flu pandemic affected as many as half of all children, British researchers have reported. Read more

  • Bird flu research resumes

    Controversial flu research is set to resume in countries such as the Netherlands and Germany, it was announced yesterday. Read more

  • How flu vaccine protects pregnant

    The new swine flu vaccine was not responsible for pregnant women suffering miscarriage and stillbirth, according to a major national study. Read more

  • Benefits of early HIV treatment

    Sustained treatment of HIV infection early on in the disease can have long term benefits for patients, researchers reported last night. Read more

  • US braced for flu epidemic

    The USA is facing a flu epidemic – with a public health emergency declared on the east coast, it has been announced. Read more

  • New HIV vaccine hope

    A simple HIV vaccine may successfully help to treat Aids, European researchers reported last night. Read more

  • Winter virus puzzle

    Health experts have admitted being puzzled by the pre-Christmas surge in cases of the sickness virus, norovirus. Read more

  • Flu surfaces in schools

    British doctors have been told to begin prescribing anti-flu drugs as the first signs of an outbreak of the virus emerged. Read more

  • UK faces cough virus outbreak

    Britain is facing a major outbreak of whooping cough, with three deaths in October, a health watchdog warned today. Read more