MIT researchers have explained why two mutations in the H1N1 avian flu virus were critical for viral transmission in humans during the 1918 pandemic

A flu outbreak and icy weather led to an ambulance service handling an unprecedented number of emergency calls

A sharp increase in swine flu cases in Australia may mean the infection has become a pandemic, the World Health Organization say

Ambulance crews were warned to stay away from one of their Dundee stations after a possible swine flu case was transported to hospital

Ambulance officers are making their own calls on whether to wear super-protective spacesuit-style clothes during the swine flu scare

Steve Whitehead, an author at The EMS Spot has recently published a guide for pre-hospital care professionsals about the current swine ‘flu problem