What the papers say: call for flu vaccinations as swine flu claims 10
The Telegraph reports that all pregnant women have been urged to have the seasonal flu jab as the h1n1 swine flu virus claims a new victim. The Independent also reports on how GPs have been shocked by the spread of the disease, which has killed ten people in the UK in the past six weeks. The Guardian also covers this story.Synergy Health, which provides sterilisation and infection control systems in hospitals, has acquired German company Gamma for £8 million, the Telegraph reports.Britain is lagging behind in the telemedicine revolution, The Independent's Nina Lakhani writes. She looks at how telemedicine saves lives, and asks why it isn't being adopted by the NHS.The Telegraph reports that breast cancer rates in pregnant women are on the rise as women delay having children for longer.Human sperm stem cells can be turned into beta-islet cells, which can be used to produce insulin in diabetes patients. The Daily Mail also reports on this story.Ultrasound scans can detect cancer in the womb before symptoms appear, the Daily Mail reports. Ministers have u-turned on plans to cut funding for children's hospitals, the Telegraph reports.Thousands of Britons with suspected cancer will be given quicker access to tests to improve treatment speed, the Telegraph reports.Women with breast cancer have been given a boost by the combined use of both Herceptin and Tyverb in treatment, the Telegraph reports.A new treatment regime for sufferers of bone marrow cancer could triple success rates, a study published in The Lancet and reported in the Telegraph suggests.