26 h. ago The early sign you might have the new H3N2 flu strain as flu outbreak continues

There has been an unusually early start to the flu season 🚨

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47 h. ago 'Now is the time to get vaccinated': Latest warning as 'unusually early' flu outbreak continues

The flu season has hit ‘unusually early’ this year 🤧

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4 d. ago H3N2 flu strain explained as UK could see most severe flu outbreak in years

H3N2 is currently the most dominant strain of flu circulating in England

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5 d. ago What is the H3N2 flu strain? Symptoms you need to look out for as UK cases surge

Health bosses are warning this winter could see the ‘most severe flu outbreak in decades’

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6 d. ago Doctors warn of 'most severe flu outbreak in decades' as infections begin to surge

With the worst of the flu season yet to descend on us, health experts are urging people to get their flu jabs to protect themselves from becoming 'seriously ill'

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7 d. ago Warning of ‘most severe flu outbreak in decades’ as infections surge to December levels

NHS leaders have issued a “flu jab SOS” urging people to get protected

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1 week ago What is the H3N2 flu strain? Health experts issue warning as cases rise

Health bosses are warning this winter could see the ‘most severe flu outbreak in decades’

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1 week ago Why Scotland must prepare for its deadliest flu outbreak in half a century

The SNP government appears unprepared for what could be a particularly bad flu outbreak in Scotland

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1 week ago UK braces for 'worst flu season on record' as experts warn Britons may have 'two or three viruses' at once

Leading virologists fear a bad flu outbreak could leave people vulnerable to other seasonal illnesses at the same time, such as norovirus and cold-like RSV.

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1 week ago 'Unique' symptom is revealed following major bird flu outbreak

Multiple swans have died near a beauty spot

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1 week ago As UK braces for 'worst flu season on record' experts warn Britons may succumb to 'two or three infections' at the same time

Leading virologists fear a bad flu outbreak could leave people vulnerable to other seasonal illnesses at the same time, such as norovirus and cold-like RSV.

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2 w. ago Canadian federal agency says cull over, all ostriches shot dead at British Columbia farm

A Canadian federal agency says it has shot dead all ostriches at a British Columbia farm, fulfilling a 10-month-old cull order over a bird flu outbreak

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2 w. ago NHS braced for its worst ever winter with an early flu outbreak expected to kill thousands of patients in the wake of devastating doctors' strike

Sir Jim Mackey, chief executive of NHS England, warned a particularly bad flu season is likely to hit just as the service emerges from a five-day walkout by resident doctors.

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2 w. ago Tens of thousands of Christmas dinners at risk due to bird flu outbreak

Recent bird flu cases have been confirmed in farms in North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Devon and East Sussex

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2 w. ago UKHSA warns of 'unusually early' flu season after NHS issues urgent 'SOS'

Flu cases and hospitalisations are on the rise across England as the NHS issues an urgent warning

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2 w. ago Vets are quitting over the 'trauma' of having to put dogs down

The warning was issued by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), who said a shortage of vets was putting the country at risk of a serious outbreak of animal disease, such as bird flu or foot and mouth.

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