All news on the topic: Flu

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France summer holiday warning over outbreak of deadly infection
French health officials say the country has seen a surge in the number of people being admitted to hospital with tick-borne encephalitis, with cases appeared to be particularly high in the Auvergne-Rhône Alpes region
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Swans decimated by bird flu on the Thames as horror virus continues to spread
King Charles' swan marker David Barber said the dip is "terrible to see" and is the worst he's seen in his 31 years in the job following this year's 'swan upping'
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'Tory austerity has left the NHS too weak to do what is necessary to save lives'
NHS England and health authorities in other parts of Britain beginning preparations is a reminder that viruses such as flu can be mass killers
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NHS will unveil special hubs amid warnings flu season could be biggest ever
Experts warn that Australia, where flu activity usually predicts what will happen here, is experiencing one of its biggest flu seasons
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Heartbreak as 'superfit' man dies of 'silent killer' after thinking it was 'flu'
Neil Stretton and his partner Ellie thought he had contracted the flu but it was actually Klebsiella pneumonia, which spread to his bloodstream causing sepsis - days later he died
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'Sitcom saved my life - I realised I had same health issue as main characters'
A man has taken to social media to share how sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia saved his life after revealing he was suffering from the same health issue as the characters on the show
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Urgent warning to pet owners amid deadly outbreak - symptoms you need to know
The World Health Organisation has warned cat and dog owners about an outbreak of bird flu in Poland. Experts fear that it could trigger another pandemic if a mutation occurs
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Virus sweeping through Europe hits UK - most common early symptoms of bird flu
Bird flu has been spotted in the UK, with two more poultry workers testing positive for the virus - these are the most common early symptoms of the virus to look out for
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Two kids die of flu as doctors beg parents to vaccinate in 'uncharted territory'
Schoolgirl Emma Schwab, 11, died on July 6 after contracting the B strain of the influenza virus amid a spike in the number of Australians being hospitalised with flu-like symptoms
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'My partner died from a brain tumour - two years later I had his baby'
Lauren McGregor, who lives near Hale Village, Merseyside, said her husband Chris began having random hot flushes and struggled to remember her name - before being diagnosed with astrocytoma
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Travel warning over 18 medical conditions that could see you banned from flying
The WHO warns airlines have the right to refuse to carry passengers with conditions that may worsen, or have serious consequences, during the flight - so check the list before you travel
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Sturgeon blames possible no-deal Brexit for distracting from pandemic plans
The former Scottish First Minister was reminded she was "in a witness box not a soap box" when she appeared at the Covid Inquiry as she rallied against Brexit and the impact it had
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Grieving widow says 'talk is cheap' as Covid victims turn backs on Matt Hancock
The former Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock did not take any personal blame as some victims who lost loves ones to Covid shouted "killer" as he left the Covid Inquiry
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Malaria signs, symptoms and how to avoid it as first cases found in 20 years
Five people have been diagnosed with malaria in Florida and Texas as the potentially-fatal disease spreads across parts of the US
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NHS nurse shortage left Britain vulnerable to pandemic, Covid Inquiry told
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) infection control lead Rosemary Gallagher told the Inquiry: 'We know that we went into the pandemic with a significant shortage, about 50,000 nurses short'
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Jeremy Hunt admits 'one thing' might have slowed Covid but ministers ignored it
The former Health Secretary told the Covid-19 Inquiry that Britain wrongly prepared for flu and mistakenly assumed herd immunity was inevitable
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Loose Women star gives health update after being bedbound for six months
Andrea McLean has been hit with health issues after contracting Covid three times as well as the flu
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Tory austerity chief George Osborne admits UK had no economic plans for lockdown
The Tory Chancellor between 2010 and 2016 attempted to defend the Tories' controversial austerity measures, saying he 'completely' rejects it depleted health and social care capacity and rising inequality
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David Cameron heckled 'shame on you' after defending Tory cuts at Covid Inquiry
David Cameron faced questions over the austerity cuts to public services under his leadership between 2010 and 2016 as he became the first politician to be grilled by the Covid Inquiry
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Medieval disease returns as infections treble - see map for cases in your area
Cases of syphilis, the ancient sexually transmitted disease, increased by 15% to nearly 8,700 diagnoses last year - the largest annual number since 1948
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Dengue fever warning to Brits heading off to popular holiday resorts this summer
Brits planning to travel abroad are being warned about the risks of potentially deadly dengue fever - a disease spread by Asian tiger mosquitoes and which has been detected in the likes of Ibiza and southern France
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Covid Inquiry: What we learned on Day 2 as Government admits rules caused 'pain'
The Department of Health's legal representative Fiona Scolding KC told the Covid Inquiry that different decisions may have been made with hindsight, as the probe continued its examination of the years leading up the pandemic
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Scientists 'creating world's most deadly coronaviruses' weeks before pandemic
A trove of intercepted communications, the full details of which are being held as top-secret, has revealed that scientists in China were experimenting with deadly viruses, which ended up getting out of the Wuhan Institute of Virology and laying the world to waste
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Questions over US coping with next outbreak 'keep disease experts up at night'
Writing for CNN, infectious disease expert at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dr Kent Sepkowitz, made the dire warning
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A&E deaths doubled at height of NHS Winter Crisis - with wards at breaking point
Deaths in the NHS' A&E departments more than doubled during this winter crisis that rocked the country's health service this year, leaving wards at breaking point