Return of swine flu places strain on hospitals

Swine flu has become the dominant flu virus in New Zealand and some emergency departments are struggling to cope.Hospital admissions for winter illnesses hit a high for the year last week, although numbers were well down compared...

Swine flu victim care criticised

A husband tells an inquest his wife may not have died after catching swine flu had paramedics taken her to hospital sooner.

Husband hits at 999 crew claiming swine-flu wife could have survived

A MOTHER who died of swine flu could have been saved if paramedics had taken her to hospital sooner, her husband claimed yesterday.

Pandemic Influenza H1N1 2009 (swine flu) No. 197

Click for big version Weekly consultation rates for influenza-like illness in New Zealand, 2008-2010 Source: Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Influenza Weekly Update 2010/28

Prescott reveals Iraq invasion 'doubts'

Former deputy prime minister John Prescott privately harboured doubts about the intelligence used to justify the invasion of Iraq in 2003, he disclosed today.