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A House of Lords report to be released tomorrow is widely expected to criticise the government for being slow in setting up the swine flu helpline that was eventually launched on Thursday...

After prospective mothers were issued with alarming advice to consider putting off getting pregnant until the swine flu pandemic has passed, Andy Burnham, the health secretary, today urged the British public to have confidence in how the NHS was handling the crisis...

A memo leaked to The Times has revealed that senior healthcare officials are concerned that the NHS is not well enough prepared to deal with the expected swine flu explosion over the next few months...

The chief medical officer for the government, Sir Liam Donaldson, has warned the public not to panic-buy anti-viral drugs to treat swine flu on the internet...

We have not received confirmation that the World Health Organization has raised its flu virus alert level to Level 6...