Respiratory

  • Smoking and diabetes aggravate TB spread

    Efforts to thwart tuberculosis are being hampered by increased rates in drug resistance and other risk factors such as smoking and diabetes, experts warn today. Read more

  • Call for child flu vaccines

    British families have suffered from "muddled policies" this winter, leading to a failure to vaccinate children against the swine flu, a British expert alleged yesterday. Read more

  • Flu deaths rise again

    The number of deaths recorded from flu in Britain this winter more than doubled in the last week, according to figures published yesterday. Read more

  • Radical vaccine from swine flu?

    The swine flu pandemic may have opened the way to the creation of revolutionary new all-purpose vaccines, researchers revealed yesterday. Read more

  • Flu vaccine shortage alarm

    British doctors are facing growing shortages of flu vaccine as public alarm at the spread of the virus grows, government officials have admitted. Read more

  • Sunshine vitamin boost for TB

    Some tuberculosis patients may benefit from high doses of vitamin D – alongside antibiotics, British researchers say today. Read more

  • Freeze threatens blood shortage

    Blood donors in the UK have been urged to struggle through the bad weather to meet appointments to prevent catastrophic shortages in hospitals. Read more

  • London – the west’s TB capital

    An “immediate and serious long-term political and financial commitment” is needed for TB services to curb the rise of the infectious disease in London, UK, experts warn today. Read more

  • Mould clue to asthma

    A common mould that aggravates asthma may wreak havoc by getting inside the body, researchers have reported. Read more

  • Flu strains are ‘increasingly’ drug resistant

    Public health concerns have been raised after two studies revealed that some influenza viruses are becoming increasingly resistant to antiviral treatments. Read more