A new guideline issued by the British HIV Association (BHIVA), the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) and the British Infection Society (BIS) has recommended more targeted testing for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

The Department of Health has announced some changes to the national swine flu vaccination programme and have also written to advise healthcare professionals of the updated dosing schedules for children aged under 6 months. The vaccination programme has...

The Medical Products Agency in Sweden has published a summary of safety information collected during the national swine ‘flu vaccination programme. Sweden is using Pandemrix® in their vaccination programme. The information is helpfully presented in...

The National Prescribing Centre has published MeReC Extra 41 (PDF) which contains information about the risks and benefits of treating adults and children with oseltamivir for the treatment of influenza. This MeReC Extra directs readers to the online...

Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) has been updated in November 2009 for the following clinical areas: Back pain – low (without radiculopathy) Breast cancer – managing FH Chillblains (new) Measles (new) Sciatica (lumbar radiculopathy) Teething...

A new antiepileptic medication has been launched in the UK as adjunctive therapy for the treatment of partial-onset seizures, with or without secondary generalisation, in adults. Eslicarbazepine acetate (Zebinix®) is available as 800mg tablets in packs...