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Health experts warn not to take Tamiflu pills

21.08.09
Government refuses to change its swine flu policy after experts said healthy people should not be given Tamiflu... more

Taking the medicine

21.08.09
How swine flu advice has changed over the summer. ... more

Ministers ignored Tamiflu fears

17.08.09
Swine flu could develop resistance to Tamiflu because of the Government's haste in distributing the antiviral drug, according to its expert panel... more

418 reports of Tamiflu side effects

11.08.09
More than 400 reports of Tamiflu side effects have been received since the start of the swine flu outbreak, according to the medicines watchdog... more

GMTV’s Andrew Castle: my daughter nearly died taking Tamiflu

11.08.09
TV presenter Andrew Castle today revealed his daughter 'almost died' after taking Tamiflu... more

Latest advice: Don't give Tamiflu to under thirteens

10.08.09
Children should not be given the two main drugs used to treat swine flu because the side-effects outweigh the benefits, experts warned... more

'Half of children suffer swine flu drug side-effects'

31.07.09
More than half of children taking Tamiflu suffer side-effects such as nausea, insomnia and nightmares, researchers said... more

Girl, eight, among four new swine flu deaths in capital

31.07.09
An eight-year-old girl and another three adults with swine flu have died in London... more

If I can’t diagnose swine flu – then who can?

29.07.09
My medical training should have told me that as I’m a young fit male, if it was swine flu, it shouldn’t be a problem... more

‘Not enough distribution points to give out Tamiflu’

24.07.09
Thousands of swine flu patients will be left without medication as there are not enough Tamiflu distribution centres in the capital... more

‘Most patients will only need to take paracetamol’

24.07.09
Most swine flu patients do not need Tamiflu and should just take paracetamol instead, a leading doctor said today... more

Roche slows but looks forward to Tamiflu lift

22.07.09
Tamiflu maker Roche today posted a 29% dive in profits despite desperate demand for the swine flu drug ... more

Mums-to-be told not to worry about swine flu until autumn

21.07.09
Pregnant women are confused by mixed messages over what precautions they should take to avoid catching swine flu, it was claimed... more

Flu drug distribution in chaos as patients ignore rules

21.07.09
New way of distributing swine flu drugs is causing confusion and rule breaking, it has been claimed... more

Mothers-to-be should take Relenza

21.07.09
Pregnancy changes the immune system, so if a pregnant woman catches swine flu they are at a higher risk of developing complications such as pneumonia... more

We will get through this flu epidemic

17.07.09
The new official prediction that British swine flu deaths could reach 65,000 will be a jolt to the public consciousness... more

Forget the bucket and spade, we're packing the Tamiflu for our sick son

17.07.09
When we load up the car this afternoon for the overnight drive to our Devon bolthole, it won't be the kids' CDs and sandtoys topping the must-pack list. It will be: Tamiflu, tissues, sick bucket... more

Q&A: Swine flu

03.07.09
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Q&A: Swine flu

03.07.09
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Harry, 13, hits fever pitch with his swine flu song

08.05.09
Most teenagers with an unexpected week off school might be expected to spend it on the sofa, updating Facebook or watching daytime television. Not Harry Houseago... more

British troops quarantined after being held on flu jets

05.05.09
A total of 176 Royal Marines on a military flight were held overnight in quarantine, it was revealed... more

Boris signs away drugs meant for 999 services

01.05.09
Boris Johnson has signed away 100,000 tablets of the flu drug being kept for London's emergency services... more

Sir Alan Sugar has found a new generation of B'Stards

01.05.09
Ben Clarke, the squat, brace-wearing yuppie parody of The Apprentice, is, at 22, too young to remember the film Wall Street, which was released the year he was born. But the spirit of Gordon Gekko lives on in him, as it does in almost all of this season's vile bodies... more

Supplies of anti-flu drug Tamiflu to be kept under guard

30.04.09
London was on red alert amid warnings that up to 94,000 could die if a swine flu pandemic strikes... more

Tamiflu how it works

29.04.09
What is Tamiflu?... more

Pharmacists don’t have stocks of Tamiflu needed for suspected patients

29.04.09
Online pharmacies have been banned from selling Tamiflu and Relenza in a bid to conserve supplies... more

We can’t get hands on flu drugs say London doctors

29.04.09
London doctors are struggling to cope with suspected cases of swine flu because of a lack of basic resources, it was claimed today... more

Q&A - swine flu explained

28.04.09
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Glaxo set for output boost

27.04.09
Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline has already benefited from fears that there could be a flu pandemic. In the first three months of this year governments around the world ordered about £220 million worth of Glaxo’s flu drug Relenza ... more

Let’s just wait and see before we start to panic

27.04.09
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