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More than 60 people died of flu in the UK last week, bringing the total number of deaths since September to 112. Interim Chief Medical Officer Sally Davies answers your questions on Channel 4 News.
A couple whose 3-year-old daughter died of swine flu over Christmas are campaigning for the Government to rethink its policy not to vaccinate children deemed not at risk, as Katie Razzall reports.
As the government admits there have been some local shortages in flu vaccines, we ask one scientist to answer your questions. Professor John Oxford is a virologist and an expert on flu.
The Government is to tap its reserves of the swine flu vaccine to help tackle the winter flu outbreak, but the drug will not combat the strain that has killed five people this winter.
The government has defended its flu jab programme against Labour criticism, insisting that under-fives were excluded from this year’s vaccinations on medical grounds, rather than cost.
There are 460 people in intensive care across Britain with confirmed or suspected flu – more than twice as many people as there were a week ago.
Government data on flu in the UK shows 27 people have died of the illness since October, including 24 from swine flu. Doctors tell Channel 4 News more people should get vaccinated.
An interesting article in today’s Asia Times may throw some light on today’s incident in the Yellow Sea off the two Koreas.
An international group of scientists has today raised further concerns about the lack of evidence supporting the safety and effectiveness of the blockbuster anti-flu drug Tamiflu.
Lindsey Hilsum blogs on Turkey’s strategy towards Israel and Hamas following last week’s killing of nine activists during the storming of an aid flotilla.
Jon Snow
On one level he is the fall guy of the expenses scandal. But on another, some see Michael Martin as the agent of his own undoing. Look no further than the absurd scenes enacted yesterday as he processed through the Palace of Westminster. Did anyone ever think of cutting that frock coat so that some…
LA GLORIA, MEXICO – As we arrived the little Mexican mountain hamlet of La Gloria, where the swine flu epidemic may or may not have begun, we were all a little nervous about infection. Apparently about 400 people here had suffered serious flu symptoms in the last month or so. And any kind of flu…
Jon Snow
It’s pretty clear from the reaction that our question and answer session last night with the chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, on swine flu answered a lot but begged other questions (see video below). I can’t really handle many more myself, but we have assembled a panel of experts on the website so hopefully…
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – It’s very hard to eat with a mask on. Our team in Mexico City are trying very hard to abide by all the hygiene precautions that should help prevent us from catching swine flu. It feels very rude to refuse to shake the hands of people you are interviewing, but we have been…
NEW YORK, USA – America’s first death from the swine virus wasn’t American. A Mexican toddler just under the age of two died at a hospital in Houston after travelling to Texas with his family to visit relatives. And so with 91 cases in 10 states, President Obama’s facing his first potential health crisis on…