All news on the topic: Flu

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''My fatigue turned out to be the same diagnosis that killed my dad'
Michael Cramer from Miami, Florida, first experienced symptoms like general fatigue and a lack of appetite, which later turned out to be blood cancer - he was diagnosed in 2020
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Warning over killer virus on the rise with same symptoms as Covid and the flu
Doctors fears that people are not aware of Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a virus that has the same symptoms as Covid and the flu and is on the rise
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Nine deadly infections that could spark a pandemic - but one is missing
The WHO has listed nine pathogens they believe are the most 'urgent' threat to humanity. Concerned scientists are urgently researching them, but have excluded one key threat
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Girl, 8, dies in patrol custody after crossing border with family
The child and her family were in custody at the Border Patrol station when she “experienced a medical emergency.”
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Warning sings of deadly meningitis as vaccine uptake plummets
The number of school children taking up the meningitis and the 3-in-1 jab has dropped from 88% to 69.2%, warns the UK Health Security Agency
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Two Brit poultry workers contract bird flu after working with infected chickens
The bird flu cases are believed to be linked to exposure to sick birds on a single poultry farm where the two patients had recently worked, according to the UK Health Security Agency
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'Brits are dying in their tens of thousands - and we don't know why'
Tens of thousands more Brits died than usual from May to December 2022, excluding Covid as a cause of death, raising serious questions as to why so many died
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Toddler living at hospital faces new setback in wait to fix heart and lungs
Teddy Brimble-Coupe needs to be symptomatic free before he has more medical investigations, including a live CT scan, and then heart surgery but he has now been struck down by flu
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Price of key household staple surges 45% in just five months amid shortages
Egg shortages have been caused by several factors including food shortages, rising energy costs and bird flu, with supermarkets hiking prices to meet demand
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Fears for Britain's most famous duck Long Boi who has been missing for weeks
Long Boi, an Indian Runner Duck who lives at the University of York, has not been seen since mid-March as speculation is rife with fears he was killed by a fox or succumbed to bird flu
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Real Housewives of Cheshire star Tanya Bardsley's fashion brand closes down
Former Real Housewives of Cheshire star Tanya Bardsley's My Glam Style website is no longer live and the firm behind it appears to have ceased trading
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Supermarket shelves left empty as UK chicken shortage reaches 'breaking point'
It comes as the poultry industry says the situation is at 'breaking point' as producers struggle to cope with soaring energy bills and packaging prices that have left the system “unsustainable"
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'Dog flu' growing into virus 'creeping' towards infecting humans, scientists say
A new study suggests that 'dog flu' could become a type of 'intermediate' for bird flu to adapt into something that could infect people sparking fears of another pandemic
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Woman dies after returning from holiday and saying she 'didn't feel right'
Bella Fidler, from Australia's Gold Coast, returned from a celebratory trip to Bali in Indonesia complaining of "flu-like symptoms" and told her parents she "didn't feel right" - later discovering that she had bacterial meningitis
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Girl, 10, dies after having 17% of body cut away when black mark appeared on leg
Dermot and Lilly Murphy's daughter Vivienne had to have 17 per cent of her body cut away, but it still wasn't enough to save her life after a mild illness turned into a flesh-eating disease
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Mum of man, 21, who died of dengue fever on holiday issues warning to travellers
Bob Toulson-Burke was in the middle of the trip of a lifetime backpacking in south-east Asia when he came down with flu-like symptoms
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Woman diagnosed with genital herpes says she is having her 'best sex life yet'
Suzanna Elzbieta, from Canada, was driving home from visiting her boyfriend when she felt uncomfortable with a "blister bump" which was later diagnosed as genital herpes
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Woman becomes first person in world to die from new virus strain
We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.
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Dad set to lose all his fingers and toes after Strep A virus turned into sepsis
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. James Wood contracted sepsis after a case of Strep A before being rushed to hospital when his skin turned yellow, with doctors labelling him one of the "poorliest patients in the country"
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Sun poisoning warning as exposure can cause ‘serious complications’
Sun poisoning is triggered by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays, but if left untreated, it can lead to serious health complications
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'Amazing and kind' woman was laughing with family before her sudden death
Ann Murphy, 63, from Liverpool, was enjoying a Mother's Day meal with her daughter and grandchildren before she suddenly came down with an illness
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Dangerous new virus found in England for the first time - see list of symptoms
Tick borne encephalitis, which can cause meningitis, has recently had its first confirmed case in England, the UK Health Security Agency warned, as the virus was detected in a number of other areas too
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Boy, 15, died while watching TV with mum who didn't realise he wasn't breathing
Seán Hughes suffered a fatal cardiac arrest brought on by sepsis in 2018, as an inquest into the schoolboy's death heard it “defied logic” that the infection wasn’t present when Seán saw his GP earlier
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Man's hoarse voice was due to plant fungus disease leaving him unable to swallow
The 61-year-old Indian man, whose name hasn't yet been shared, started experiencing flu-like symptoms and was unable to swallow for three months - which was later found to have been caused by a deadly fungus
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Urgent warning over pharmacy shortages of Calpol, Nurofen and other common drugs
Pharmacy chiefs have issued a warning over shortages of medicine cabinet essentials like Calpol, Nurofen as demand is higher than previous years - while the supply is lower