2 h. ago Dietician names 7 'hero' ingredients to combat colds and flu as 'super flu' strikes

As the UK experience record numbers of 'super flu' hospitalisations, dietitian Katie Sanders has shared seven ingredients that may help ease cold and flu symptoms this winter

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3 h. ago 7 'most effective' ingredients to combat colds and flu as 'super flu' hits UK

One dietitian has shared her expert insights into the most effective ingredients for combatting cold and flu symptoms. It comes as the number of people hospitalised in England with "super flu" continues to soar

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26 h. ago Paracetamol warning issued to all Brits as 'super flu' cases soar

With flu cases soaring this winter, a pharmacist has issued an urgent warning about a common mistake people make when taking paracetamol during the winter months

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48 h. ago Super flu: Where are the London hotspots? Number of hospital patients with virus climbs 18%

The rise comes as resident doctors, previously known as junior doctors, are on the second day of a five-day strike in the run-up to Christmas

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49 h. ago Super flu: Hope Britain may have started to turn the tide to save Christmas

Pandemic spirit may be driving behavioural change on vaccinations and responsible social mixing to stabilise super flu just in time for Christmas

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49 h. ago Super flu: Number of patients in London hospitals with the virus jumps 18% in a week

The rise comes as resident doctors, previously known as junior doctors, are on the second day of a five-day strike in the run-up to Christmas

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51 h. ago NHS issues UK super flu update as hospitals on 'high alert' with cases at record levels

The number of people in hospital in England with flu remains at record level as cases continue to soar

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66 h. ago What you need to know about the 'super flu' outbreak hitting NHS

Flu hospitalisations are at their highest ever levels for this time of year, the NHS warns

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67 h. ago Does the flu vaccine protect against 'subclade K' super flu?

A mutated H3N2 virus is circulating this flu season, but how effective is the jab against it?

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68 h. ago NHS has ‘no treatments proven to work’ against horror super flu sweeping across England

Scientists say H3N1 flu strain seems to be worse for the elderly as they launch a trial to prove which drugs work for patients hospitalised with severe inluenza

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69 h. ago Health Secretary issues verdict on 'mask mandate' as super flu sweeps UK

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has issued an update after calls for an NHS 'mask mandate'

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2 d. ago People living with one condition 'uniquely vulnerable' to super flu, scientist warns

A H3N2 virus - dubbed 'super flu' - is sweeping hospitals in England - and people with one health condition may be more at risk

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2 d. ago Why everyone should pay for a private flu jab now as 'super flu' sweeps UK

Flu experts have urged healthy people to get a flu vaccine from their local pharmacy

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2 d. ago Kemi Badenoch accuses Starmer of 'not having the baubles' to stop resident doctors' five day strike as the NHS battles super flu outbreak

Kemi Badenoch has accused Sir Keir Starmer of 'not having the baubles' to stop the resident doctors' five-day strike amid Britain's super flu outbreak. 

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3 d. ago Everything you need to know as health chief speaks out on 'super flu'

Serious flu cases are sweeping the country

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3 d. ago Stark vid shows patients left in hospital corridors hours before doctors walk out on strike putting ‘lives at risk’

SHOCKING footage shows patients lined up in beds along hospital corridors - hours before a "dangerous" junior doctors' strike begins. Pensioners were among those seen waiting on rows of trolleys outside A&E wards at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital in Lancashire. The footage - secretly filmed by ITV News - lays bare the "super-flu" crisis,...

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3 d. ago Girl, 12, ends up in coma after 'super flu' initially thought to be 'school bug'

Jessica Williamson was rushed to hospital in an ambulance where she was diagnosed with Influenza A, which later developed into sepsis and necrotising pneumonia

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3 d. ago Doctors go on strike today: Patients warned to brace for delays as five

Hospitals are preparing for a slump in activity as up to half of the medical workforce in England could stop working after the strike over pay and jobs began at 7am on Wednesday.

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3 d. ago 'Super flu' will 'get worse before it gets better' as Manchester's public health chief speaks out

Is it too late to get the flu vaccine?

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3 d. ago Girl, 12, ends up in coma in hospital after 'super flu' dismissed as 'school bug'

Hospital bosses say Jessica Williamson's case serves as a reminder flu in children can develop quickly and become very serious, as the situation looked bleak for the youngster

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