Antiviraux

Commuters obsessively scrub their hands with gel.

More than 150 people have been diagnosed with swine flu over the past 24 hours as the rate of infection accelerates, pushing the total number of UK cases above 1,000.

On balance, probably not.

Around 62 million people in the world are likely to die if there is a flu pandemic and more than 70,000 of those deaths will be in the UK, according to a statistical analysis published today.

A British drug company is seeking permission to conduct the first human trials of an experimental vaccine against the avian flu virus.