This week : Influenza A sends shivers across continents, 'health' looks at the what, where and how of the new flu virus

Latest update: 05/05/2009

- INFLUENZA A (H1N1)

Influenza A, the latest flu virus to hit the airwaves has spread quickly from its epicentre in Mexico to Europe and Asia. 'Health' looks at the origins of the flu and how to avoid it.

By Eve IRVINE (text)

HEALTH

France in the clutches of a rampant flu epidemic
French press review

France’s swine flu fiasco
THE WEEK IN FRANCE

Out with the old ministers, in with the new
THE FRANCE 24 DEBATE

Swine flu: Drug Lobby Scare? (part 2)
THE FRANCE 24 DEBATE

Swine flu: Drug Lobby Scare?
INFLUENZA A (H1N1)

WHO denies drug firms pressured it to inflate virus threat
INFLUENZA A(H1N1)

Swine flu epidemic ends in France
HEALTH

Flu brings outdated vaccine production into 21st century
IN THE PAPERS

A quarter of German bank cards are out of commission
FACE-OFF

Swine flu: too many vaccines?
INFLUENZA A (H1N1)

France confident it will avoid paying for cancelled vaccines
IN THE PAPERS

Swine Flu vaccines: did France overdo it?
FRANCE

France's flu vaccine sell-off
INFLUENZA A (H1N1)

France to sell off millions of surplus flu shots
HEALTH

Fighting the flu with the common cold
FRANCE

French army medics to help swine flu vaccination drive
FACE-OFF

Swine Flu Vaccine: who should be doing the jab?
INFLUENZA A (H1N1)

France struggles to cope with surge in flu vaccine demand
INFLUENZA A (H1N1)

Virus kills more than 1,000 in one week
INFLUENZA A (H1N1)

Mutated strain of virus claims two lives in France

- INFLUENZA A (H1N1)

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