WHAT CREDIBILITY?:

WHO accused of losing public confidence over flu pandemic: Loss of credibility could endanger lives, says vice chair of Council of Europe's health committee (Sarah Boseley, 3/28/10, guardian.co.uk)

The World Health Organisation and other public health bodies have "gambled away" public confidence by overstating the dangers of the flu pandemic, according to a draft report to the Council of Europe.

The report, by the Labour MP Paul Flynn, vice chair of the council's health committee, says that a loss of credibility could endanger lives.