Dame Deirdre Hine’s report on the 2009 Influenza Pandemic  makes a strong appeal for publication of the analyses on which the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) relied, a

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.

Three months into 2010, we still have no data on the number of children who died as a result of pandemic flu in 2009.

The latest figures for deaths from H1N1 flu, published by the Health Protection Agency for week 48, raise an interesting question. 

The latest figures for patients hospitalized in England for suspect swine flu provide an opportunity to compare the current cases with those in the first wave in July.

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.

A headline in the news section of this week’s BMJ reads: "people with asthma most at risk from H1N1 complications". But are they?

Here’s a novel way of looking at the H1N1 flu pandemic, by courtesy of Ron Law, a New Zealand risk and policy consultant.

Cases of H1N1 have been creeping up again, with Scotland - where children went back to school several weeks earlier - leading the way.