With the UN issuing renewed warnings and a Hollywood disaster movie stoking our fears, bird flu is back in the news. Mark Honigsbaum meets the man who first warned of a pandemic 50 years ago – and who is worried again now
Commons Science and Technology Committee report criticises the government for its use of scientific advice in emergencies such as the swine flu pandemic and Iceland volcanic ash cloud
Forty five people have died from swine flu and five from another strain, type B in the current outbreak. They were mostly children and young adults according to the HPA