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Page last updated at 17:59 GMT, Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Girl blowing nose
Flu in kids 'higher than thought'
Up to a third of children in some areas may have had swine flu, but many will not have been ill, analysis shows.

Swine flu shot in Maryland US swine flu deaths 'near 4,000'
Swine flu has killed nearly 4,000 people in the US, including 540 children, officials say.

Tamiflu Drug-resistant swine flu hits UK
Health officials in Cardiff say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Swine flu mpa promo image
Mapping the virus
Interactive map of swine flu across the world
What scientists know about swine flu
Fergus Walsh Fergus On Flu
Keep up to date with the latest on the pandemic
Flu virus Q&A: Swine flu
What is it and what are the symptoms?
Ben Bowman Parent's dilemma
BBC journalist on why she gave son flu vaccine

IN THE UK
Under-fives to get swine flu jab
Critical care beds shortage fear
Critical care flu planning 'weak'
Swine flu vaccination starts
NHS told to brace itself over flu
'Lucky break' in swine flu fight
Flu drugs 'unhelpful' in children
Recent lessons
AROUND THE WORLD
US swine flu vaccines 'delayed'
Poorer nations get swine flu jabs
World response
The flu pandemic: What next?
Swine flu vaccine for 'half US'
Global swine flu deaths top 700
Swine flu vaccine made in Europe
US passes million swine flu cases

BACKGROUND
Laboratory Making flu jabs
How eggs play a vital role in vaccine production
Swine flu Q&A: vaccination
Who will get swine flu jabs, and when?
Promo graphic for pandemic facts Pandemic facts
A look at major 20th Century flu outbreaks

WHAT IS SWINE FLU?
A respiratory disease caused by influenza type A which infects pigs. More in our Q&A
Symptoms similar to seasonal flu - fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, chills and fatigue. Spread from person to person by coughing and sneezing
Service phone number (England only): 0800 151 3100 or see pandemic flu service website
The World Health Organisation declared a global flu pandemic on 11 June after the virus was confirmed in at least two regions of the world.
More health advice from US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the UK Health Protection Agency
Graphic of body showing symptoms of swine flu: sudden cough and fever; tiredness, chills, headache, sore throat, runny noise, sneezing, stomach upset, loss of appetite, diarrhoea, aching muslces or joints
Pie charts showing numbers of patients who have been hospitalised with swine fu by age and showing numbers with underlying conditions
IN VIDEO

Sir Liam Donaldson Swine flu 'is not yet pandemic'

Fergus Walsh visits the Novartis cell culture manufacturing plant in Germany How to make a flu vaccine



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