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…
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…
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