Flu

How do people get flu?
Infection with influenza at various points in one's life is inevitable, unless one happens to live in an extremely remote and isolated community.

Killer germs attack
Are we losing the battle against killer germs?

Running out of ammunition
Even the old killer germs – the ones we thought we’d beaten – have learnt to adapt to our fancy medicines.

Defend yourself
There’s much we can do to protect ourselves from the germs that cross our path.

Swine flu maps
Swine flu is spreading across the globe rapidly.

Where germs love to hide
When it’s cold outside and we’re cooped up indoors in dry stagnant air, cold and flu germs spread quickly and easily.

How does the flu virus spread?
The flu virus can be "aerosolised" or can be transmitted by means of direct contact.

Killer germs on the loose
There’s a new spectre when it comes to global diseases.

Raiding the arsenal
In a recent breakthrough against influenza scientists created the antivirals Relenza and Tamiflu, the first effective treatment against the virus.

How a flu epidemic could hit the world
Here's what would happen if a flu epidemic hit the world.

Is my cold still contagious?
You've been stuck at home with the flu for what seems like an eternity. The worst is over, but you still have some lingering sniffles, coughs and aches.