Influenza virus


Why we need better data on flu vaccines in children

This year, adverse reactions occurred frequently in young children receiving the seasonal flu vaccine, which now contains a swine flu component, writes Professor Peter Collignon, an infectious diseases physician at the ANU.

The science of a sneeze

Scientists who study the ways we cough and sneeze shed light on how viruses like swine flu are spread.

Swine flu v. seasonal flu: something for everyone

Swin flu gets all the headlines, but is there other flu out there too? And how bad is it? Margaret Paul reports.

George Pell and racing — the argument gets nasty

Relations between the Catholic Church (and George Pell in particular) and the Sydney racing community have been in freefall for months, but yesterday they sunk to a new low, writes Jeff Wall.