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A right pig’s ear

A right pig’s ear

The government panicked over the threat of swine flu – and got its response completely wrong

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Children should not be given Tamiflu, says study

Harms outweigh benefits, according to Oxford researchers

Government plans swine flu vaccination for all pupils

Ministers considering immunising 8.5 million pupils against swine flu

Open wide. Say “argh”

Open wide. Say “argh”

The trials and tribulations of an emergency swine flu appointment

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Swine flu response flawed, say peers

Lords committee argues that the swine flu service should have been launched months earlier

Tories argue flu service should have been launched earlier

National flu service should have been launched when outbreak became a pandemic, party says

The world’s busiest virus

The world’s busiest virus

. . . on a Heathrow pandemic, the supportive state and Stockholm stress

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Pandemic's progress

Our scientific knowledge will ensure that the swine flu pandemic is no apocalypse.

Swine flu help service to go live

National service will allow sufferers to access drugs without consulting a GP

Ministers urged to close schools to limit swine flu

Scientists argue that "prolonged" school closures could reduce infections by up to 45 per cent

More in Swine Flu

Burnham to deliver swine flu update as criticism grows

Health Secretary to update MPs amid confusion over advice to pregnant women

Swine flu vaccine months away, warns WHO head

• Ministers' claim that vaccination could begin next month disputed • Chief medical officer warns that virus could last for years

Officials reassure public after first swine flu death

Risk remains "low" following the first death outside the Americas, say officials

WHO calls emergency meeting on swine flu

Virus set to be declared the first global flu pandemic in 40 years

Pandemic’s progress: we saw it coming

Be in no doubt, people in Britain will die from Mexican swine flu and there will be several million victims worldwide. But this is not a repeat of the 1918 pandemic, writes the leading research scientist and NS contributing editor

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The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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