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Swine Flu: Latest in depth news on swine flu (swine influenza A H1N1) virus outbreaks worldwide, swine flu symptoms and prevention amid warnings that UK cases could top 100,000 a day.
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Swine flu may return next winter
Swine flu is likely to return next winter, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
18 Feb 2010
Flu jab for the elderly may be a waste of time: review of evidence
Flu vaccinations for the elderly may be a waste of time as there is little evidence they do any good, a major review has found.
17 Feb 2010
NHS flu line being switched off in sign outbreak is over
The swine flu phone line and website will be turned off next week in a sign that the outbreak in Britain is largely over.
04 Feb 2010
Was swine flu ever a real threat?
With one scientist alleging a WHO 'conspiracy', Mark Honigsbaum asks if H1N1 could have been handled differently.
02 Feb 2010
Swine flu: High risk groups 'should still be vaccinated'
High risk groups should still be vaccinated against swine flu, officials have warned, as they announced that 390 people have now died after contracting the virus.
22 Jan 2010
Half of schoolchildren in some areas had swine flu: government scientists
Up to half of children in some areas have had swine flu even though they may not have shown symptoms, government scientists have found.
21 Jan 2010
Swine flu was a textbook case of a scare
Swine flu corresponds to the classic "beneficial crisis" model, says Christopher Booker.
16 Jan 2010
GSK agrees to cuts in swine flu drug orders
Reductions in swine flu drug orders may cost pharmaceuticals group GlaxoSmithKline up to £300m.
13 Jan 2010
Swine flu vaccines offloaded
Ministers are preparing to offload millions of unwanted swine flu vaccines, it has emerged, as officials predicted that there will be no third wave of the pandemic this winter.
09 Jan 2010
'At-risk' Scots face swine flu vaccination programme backlog
Less than half of Scots deemed most at risk from swine flu have been vaccinated, despite ministers promising all would be offered help by the end of 2009.
01 Jan 2010
Health preview of 2010
Spending could dominate debates over health – especially in an election year.
31 Dec 2009
Father drops swine flu jab legal battle
A nine-year-old girl at the centre of a legal dispute over the swine flu jab, will not be forced to have the injection, after her father dropped the case.
23 Dec 2009
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Health review of 2009
Swine flu swept the world, hospitals were mired in scandal and NHS funding was once again an issue.
18 Dec 2009
Natural swine flu defence found
A previously unknown natural defence against swine flu and other viruses has been discovered which could lead to new treatments.
18 Dec 2009
Anatomy of a flu pandemic so far
The first flu pandemic of the 21st century, swine flu, has been less deadly than feared but has taken an unusually high toll among the world's young, leaving thousands dead.
16 Dec 2009
Swine flu: giving young children one dose of vaccine 'may not protect them'
Plans to give young children just one dose of the swine flu vaccine may not be enough to protect them against the pandemic, two new studies suggest.
16 Dec 2009
Liam Donaldson to retire after dealing with swine flu
Sir Liam Donaldson, the governments chief medical officer, will retire in May next year, it has been announced.
15 Dec 2009
Girl sent home from hospital 'died of swine flu'
A girl with suspected swine flu died a day after being sent home from hospital, her parents have said.
14 Dec 2009
Swine flu: "considerably less lethal" than feared
The swine flu pandemic is "considerably less lethal" than feared, with a death rate lower than 0.1 per cent, research by England's chief medical officer showed today.
10 Dec 2009
Swine flu vaccine programme in disarray
The swine flu vaccination programme for children under five has been thrown into disarray after a furious row between ministers and GPs.
09 Dec 2009
Four in five swine flu 'patients' did not have disease
Four out of five people who called the swine flu line for Tamiflu did not actually have the disease, new figures have shown.
08 Dec 2009
Midwives who refuse to give swine flu vaccine 'irresponsible'
Midwives who refuse to vaccinate pregnant women against swine flu are "irresponsible", the head of the Royal College of GPs has said.
05 Dec 2009
Midwives warned over advising women not to have swine flu vaccine
Midwives are being sent letters reminding them of the safety of the swine flu vaccine after it emerged some pregnant women are being refused the jab.
05 Dec 2009
Change in swine flu virus
Chief medical officer warns virus could mutate into a more dangerous strain.
03 Dec 2009
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