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Now under-fives are to be given swine flu jab

19.11.09
Healthy children under the age of five will be given the swine flu jab, the Government announced... more

TV Dragon Bannatyne raises age for sunbed users after investigation

11.09.09
Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne has changed the age limits on sunbed use at his health clubs after being tackled by BBC1 series Watchdog... more

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

Vaccine for swine flu may be unsafe warns WHO

27.07.09
Plans to fast-track the swine flu vaccine in Britain came under fire from World Health Organisation chiefs... more

Baby milk adverts misleading

22.07.09
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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

Huge spike in calls to GPs about swine flu

16.07.09
GPs have seen a leap of almost 50% in the numbers of people contacting them with fears they have swine flu in the last week, new figures suggest... more

Swine flu vaccine is three months away, claims world health director

15.07.09
Government claims that a swine flu vaccine will be ready in Britain by next month have been challenged by the head of the World Health Organisation... more

GlaxoSmithKline’s double boost on cancer treatments

09.07.09
Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline had a double injection of health, when the World Health Organisation approved its cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix and the British medical watchdog said it would reconsider its block on breast cancer treatment Tyverb’s use in the National Health Service... more

Timeline: How swine flu has swept through UK

03.07.09
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Sense - first casualty in war on drugs

15.06.09
Nice people take drugs." These are the four words considered so dangerous, so irresponsible, that advertising authorities have banned them from appearing on the side of London buses. Pathetic, no?... more

Baby of first British swine flu casualty fighting for life

15.06.09
Baby of the woman who became the first Briton to die from swine flu is now fighting for its life as family tell of their devastation... more

Spread of swine flu speeds up

12.06.09
Health Secretary Andy Burnham admitted there has been a "significant increase" in the number of people suffering from swine flu in parts of the UK... more

Schools face closure in swine flu pandemic

12.06.09
A mass closure of schools in Britain could be necessary to help contain the spread of swine flu... more

Plea not to panic as swine flu is officially declared pandemic

11.06.09
The World Health Organization has declared the first global flu pandemic for 40 years... more

Swine flu 'may have reached pandemic level'

10.06.09
The head of the World Health Organisation will consult governments about changing the international alert on the swine flu outbreak... more

Glaxo gets a fillip after WHO backs vaccine

05.06.09
Pharma giant GlaxoSmith Kline was today given a boost when the World Health Organisation endorsed its vaccine against a diarrhoea-causing virus that kills 500,000 children every year ... more

Long, profitable life of vaccines means it's not just the ill clamouring for them

01.06.09
A dirty-brown brick building close to Northern Line station Mill Hill East is an unlikely place to find the saviour of the pharmaceuticals industry... more

Swine flu ordered for everyone in UK

15.05.09
The Government has ordered two drug giants to produce 90 million doses of swine flu vaccine as it moves to head off a possible pandemic... more

New swine flu warning after young mother dies in hospital

06.05.09
A new mother has become the second person to die after catching swine flu in America, triggering a new alert over the severity of the virus... more

London student fighting swine flu ‘in a bad way’

01.05.09
A 22-year-old London man with swine flu was “in a bad way” in hospital... more

World Health Organisation raises level 5 alert

30.04.09
The World Health Organisation has raised its flu level warning to five, one short of a full pandemic... 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

Mexico races cancelled

29.04.09
Motor sport: A1GP has been forced to cancel the final round of the season in Mexico due to the recent outbreak of swine flu ... more

Killer flu virus ‘already circulating in London’

28.04.09
Swine flu is already spreading through London, one of Britain's leading virus experts warned... more

Pandemic warning as flights are cancelled

27.04.09
Britons are warned to avoid all but essential travel to Mexico as the deadly swine flu virus can no longer be contained... more

Vatican rushes to defend Pope's condom claim

19.03.09
The Vatican has been forced to defend Pope Benedict XVI's opposition to condoms as a means for stopping the spread of Aids... more

Drinking a glass of wine a day 'can double cancer risk'

18.02.09
Drinking even a single glass of wine a day can more than double the risk of cancer, a French study suggests... more

Zimbabwe begs for cholera aid

04.12.08
Zimbabwe has declared a state of emergency after finally admitting that the cholera outbreak which has claimed hundreds of lives in the impoverished country is out of control... more

Xstrata faces Oz 'poison' claims

22.05.08
British miner Xstrata faces legal action over claims that pollution from one of its mines is poisoning children... more

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