Swine flu no excuse for a party, say doctorsParents are being warned off holding ‘swine flu parties’ designed to infect children with the H1N1 virus while it remains relatively mild, in a bid to provide them immunity against a potentially more severe mutation of the virus later.
Public health
Swine flu chaos? GPs only have themselves to blame
Sitting on our arses? I think not, writes a disgruntled health care professional.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Crikey readers keep Werbeloffing
Chk Chk BOOM. Ad infinitum.
Roxon faces public health wrath over blocked report
Health Minister Nicola Roxon and her office are about to feel the reverberations of a serious dummy spit by a senior academic over the delayed release of a major review of public health research, says Melissa Sweet.
Robin Hood, the health budget and other contemporary tales
Finding someone with high expectations of the Federal health budget is about as difficult as scoring a dental appointment in the bush, but we tracked some opinions down anyway.
Swine Flu: don’t forget to wash your hands, kids
Yesterday, Kevin Rudd amazingly called “for all Australians to engage in the simple practice of washing their hands with soap on a regular basis.”
Flu fears divert us from the main game
Heart attacks and strokes globally cause millions upon millions more deaths than all infectious diseases — flu included, writes Stephen R Leeder.
Video of the Day: 1970s swine flu propaganda
Think the swine flu hysteria only started this week? Think again: a 1976 swine flu propaganda film.
And now for some positive news about pandemics
It’s still unclear whether the new form of H1N1 influenza, first identified in Mexico, will spread easily around the world, writes Professor John D. Mathews.
