A FOURTH case of swine flu has been confirmed in tests on a man who recently returned from New York.

To prepare for a global flu outbreak that could strike one-fifth of the world’s population and kill millions, leading international disease experts are calling for more worldwide co-operation and a push for a new kind of vaccine.

SCIENTISTS have confirmed the identity of the virus that causes the lethal new disease known as severe acute respiratory syndrome, the World Health Organisation said yesterday, marking an important step toward developing new drugs to combat the disease.

A DEADLY seal virus is sweeping across the seas of Northern Europe and is threatening to match the devastating epidemic of 14-years ago that wiped out half the seal population in those waters, according to an international study released last night.

A deadly seal virus is sweeping across the seas of Northern Europe and is threatening to match the devastating epidemic of 14 years ago that wiped out half the seal population in those waters, said an international study released tonight.