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…
Show at Museum of London highlights continued vulnerability of big cities to disease epidemicsThe mourning dress worn by Queen Victoria after the death of her grandson from Russian flu is to go on display for the first time, as part of an exhibition hi…
Giving away books on the NHS can help patients with mental illnesses, says Edward Rosen, and walking in groups also has big health benefits, according to Phoebe Harris. Martin Smith is impressed by his GP practiceArifa Akbar (Books on the NHS? A lovely…
Readers on the benefits of the flu vaccine and the difficulties in tracking it downI’d encourage everyone to have a flu jab (Yes, you should have a flu jab, G2, 1 November). I’m horrified that some people don’t have the jab again after having some unpl…
‘Avoid contact with people who are sick,’ says the helpful health advice. But I can’t let go of the idea there’s a better wayEvery year at the start of winter I type the same thing into Google, and every year fixate on at least one result that will sav…
Patients outside of London say they have been unable to get jab due to short supplies The NHS and healthcare bodies have sought to offer assurances that there are adequate supplies of the flu vaccine amid mounting unease among older people who have bee…
Flu jabs | Legalising cannabis | Anthea Bell’s Asterix names | Female guitaristsOn Thursday I went to my GP to have a flu jab (Letters, 18 and 19 October), only to be told they had no stocks for those over 65 and I had to come back in a fortnight. When…
Only 25% of social care staff looking after the elderly and vulnerable are vaccinated against flu, report saysMPs say they have been shocked to discover that only 25% of social care staff looking after the elderly and vulnerable are vaccinated against …
Doctors say winter colds can trigger potentially fatal flare-ups of the illnessBritain’s 5.4 million asthma sufferers are “playing Russian roulette with their life” if they do not have the flu jab before this winter, doctors are warning.Asthmatics need…
Twins | Flu vaccine | Taylor Swift and Trump | Shopping | Plumbing BrexitI am a twin. One thing that grated when my sister and I were growing up was the constant reference to us as “the twins” or “one of the twins”. You aren’t an individual. You’re som…
Last year not everyone entitled to a free vaccination got one. This government must take its share of the blame for thatIt’s September, and that means headlines about flu season. It started with the news that NHS staff who refuse to have the flu jab ma…
Last year not everyone entitled to a free vaccination got one. This government must take its share of the blame for thatIt’s September, and that means headlines about flu season. It started with the news that NHS staff who refuse to have the flu jab ma…
Public Health England says newly licensed drug FluAd will save 30,000 GP consultations and prevent 700 hospital deathsA flu vaccine that was licensed in Italy 20 years ago is to be used for the first time in the UK this winter in a bid to cut the death…
The pandemic wiped out up to 100 million lives, but scientists still struggle to explain what caused it. The answers could ensure that it never strikes againOne hundred years ago this month, just as the first world war was drawing to a fitful close, an…
NHS bosses take decision to help cope with extra pressure on service during winterHospital staff in key areas of NHS care who refuse to have the flu jab will be moved to other units this winter in order to protect patients’ safety.NHS bosses have taken…
The 1918 pandemic ravaged the remote city of Östersund. But its legacy is a city – and country – well-equipped to deal with 21st century challengesOn 15 September 1918, a 12-year-old boy named Karl Karlsson who lived just outside Östersund, Sweden, wro…
GPs urged to tell patients to use over-the-counter remedies rather than the drugsDoctors are to be told to promote honey and over-the-counter remedies as the go-to treatment for coughs rather than antibiotics.They will be told not to offer the drugs in…
Letters: the Spanish flu is receiving marked attention in its centenary year, writes Hannah MawdsleyThe victims of the 1918 Spanish flu have been far from forgotten on the centenary of this deadly period in 20th-century history (A century on, why …
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