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Tom Nolan on what every doctor should know about the swine flu vaccine
The H1N1 vaccination programme is underway in the UK and many other countries across the globe. In Sweden a million people have already been vaccinated. One swine flu vaccine manufacturer, […]
Tom Nolan on the swine flu vaccine
The swine flu vaccine is officially here. The UK government announced on Friday that over 400,000 doses of the swine flu vaccine will be delivered to hospitals this week. The […]
Tony Waterston on an inspirational lunch
Can a book launch set the mind afire? Unlikely – sounds more a chance to get cheap copies and the author’s autograph and maybe some nice canapés. But the launch […]
Tom Nolan on flu: A lucky break
England’s chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson can sound gloomy and pessimistic but he sounded very upbeat in this week’s swine flu update, saying: “We may have got a lucky […]
Joe Collier says good riddance to old-fashioned respect
I have never liked the idea of showing respect for people simply because of their social standing. I am in favour of treating people with respect in a general sort […]
Dr Harry’s Netlines: Crystal ball gazing
It is always good fun to speculate what will be happening in medicine in years to come. There are so many areas to think about clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic breakthroughs; […]
Helen Macdonald on Panorama Special; swine flu
The BBC trailed it as everything you need to know about swine flu. The title probably raised my expectations too high. A street poll near the start of the programme […]
Joe Collier on the need for ‘oholisms’
From the outside, most people appear to conduct themselves in a normal, essentially humdrum, manner. However, in many (possibly most) of us there are odd, and often secret, compulsive behavioural […]
Tom Nolan: Swine flu estimated to be 100 times more virulent than seasonal flu
PLOS Currents: Influenza is a journal with a difference. Mixing features of a journal with those of blogs and discussion forums it’s bound to ruffle some feathers. It describes itself […]