Dame Deirdre Hine’s report on swine flu, published last Friday, acquits all involved of blame for spending £1.2 billion on a pandemic that turned out to be mild.

Gordon Brown’s in favour. So is the Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, the Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru, and other parties.

The risks to pregnant women from swine flu are real. Yet many may still resist vaccination because they fear that carries an even greater risk. What do the data so far tell us?

In today’s Guardian, Professor David Salisbury, Director of Immunisation at the Department of Health, is quoted as saying that H1N1 vaccine is completely safe for pregnant women.

When a British soldier dies in Afghanistan, we know within days the sex, age and region of residence of the fatality, together with the immediate cause of death. How different it is for swine flu.

The Royal Statistical Society has fired a shot across the bows of  Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer, by demanding changes in the way information on the H1N1 flu pandemic is collec

What is the death rate from HINI flu likely to be? The Government has forecast that by the end of August 2009, 100,000 people a day will be catching the disease, so it is vital to know as accurately as we can how many are likely to die of it.