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A vaccine given to millions of children in Britain and Europe during the swine flu pandemic in 2009 and 2010 has been linked to narcolepsy in children, according to a new study by UK researchers.
Swiss drug company Roche is facing renewed critiscism over its failure to release full research data on its drug Tamiflu, widely stockpiled by governments to combat the 2009 swine flu pandemic.
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.
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.
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…
Jon Snow
An absolute cascade of emails has followed my request to you to send in questions for the chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson. We’re pretty hopeful he’ll be here to field them on tonight’s Channel 4 news – unless there’s another Cobra crisis meeting or some such. And if there is, we’ll get someone of…
With the world on swine flu watch, a number of online maps are tracking the spread of the disease. The Google Maps Mania blog rounds up some of the best and most creative efforts. One of the earliest is this user-generated Google map by “Niman”, which plots suspected, confirmed or probable, and negative incidences
Jon Snow
What were your favourite children’s books? That’s the question five of the UK’s finest writers of children’s books have answered today. Quentin Blake, Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Rosen and Anne Fine are announcing their lists at a lunch today for 100 10-year-olds.
What is the strain, what are the symptoms in humans and are experts worried?
Thanks to some tenacious scientists, research data should be much more freely available in years to come.
Scientists conclude there is insufficient evidence to back the government’s decision to stockpile the drug Tamiflu to tackle pandemics such as the outbreak of swine flu in 2009.
MPs criticise the spending of hundreds of millions of pounds to stockpile Tamiflu, saying doubts about the drug’s effectiveness suggest it may not be money well spent.