Children unable to get free nasal spray vaccine after delay in manufacture Children have been unable to get immunised against flu this winter because GP surgeries and schools have been hit by shortages of the nasal spray version of the vaccine that is …
A bout of flu left me unable to move and on a ventilator for months. Getting more people vaccinated is vitalWith winter approaching, we’re getting into the flu season – and right on cue, NHS England has announced that every primary school child in Engl…
Health professionals to give 600,000 children aged 10-11 free vaccine against winter fluEvery primary school child in England is to be offered vaccination against winter flu in an attempt to safeguard them and their family from the virus, the health se…
Treating flu | Doorstep politics | Douglas Adams | Tea or dinner?Can David Cox advise on how I can time travel back to pre-2010? This would enable me to follow his advice to get a doctor’s appointment and an antiviral prescription within 48 hours of no…
Treating flu | Doorstep politics | Douglas Adams | Tea or dinner?Can David Cox advise on how I can time travel back to pre-2010? This would enable me to follow his advice to get a doctor’s appointment and an antiviral prescription within 48 hours of no…
Thousands of patients will have to wait for winter flu vaccinations as one of NHS’s main suppliers warns of delaysThousands of patients will have to wait to receive their winter flu jab after one of the NHS’s main suppliers warned GP surgeries that the…
Leaving EU without deal on 31 October ‘likely’ to disrupt delivery just as UK faces virulent strainA no-deal Brexit would “likely” interrupt flu vaccine supplies, at the same time the UK is facing “a particularly virulent” strain of the illness, doctor…
Virus has killed 200 and left many more in intensive care units over winter periodFlu has left more than 2,000 Britons needing life-or-death treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU) this winter, even though the virus is circulating at unusually low le…
The anti-vaccine message is now a staple of social media, dovetailing with climate change denial and other rightwing causesHalf of all parents have seen anti-vaccination messages on social media, according to a report from the Royal Society for Public …
We’ve seen off smallpox, polio and measles – so why does a truly reliable flu jab still elude us? By Jeremy BrownVaccines are one of the great success stories of modern medicine. Because of them we are no longer vulnerable to smallpox or polio or measl…
NHS figures show hospitals in England are ‘badly missing’ targets despite mild weather and low flu levelsHospitals are very busy and dangerously full, even though the weather has been mild and flu is not a major problem, NHS figures show.Record numbers…
Shortage of specialists adds to worries that surge in respiratory diseases is putting pressure on A&EsAccident and emergency departments have seen attendances due to lung-related illnesses almost double in under a decade as increasingly virulent fl…
It’s that time of year again – the trip to the chemist, the little room, the little jab. Eva Wiseman reveals why avoiding actual flu is not the only reason she loves having the shotThe most magical time of the year – flu jab day, my chosen Christmas. I…
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