Unwell adults should stay at home and wear a mask if they have to go outside, health chiefs said today amid warnings the NHS is facing more pressure than it did during the peak of the pandemic.
Flu hospitalisations in England have jumped by more than 40% in a week as they overtake Covid admissions for the first time and the NHS braces for one of the worst outbreaks of the virus in recent years.
Flu is back with a large and early surge, leading several Southern California hospitals to begin using overflow tents to cope with a rising number of patients with respiratory illness. What's driving it?
The NHS is in a perpetual winter crisis, something that more than doubling the budget in the 2000s did nothing to change. With beds already 95% occupied, will Therese Coffey's plan to get us through the winter work?
Denmark’s policy towards vaccination in the autumn of 2022 will focus on the over-50s; the under-50s will only get a booster if a doctor recommends it, as the country shifts to treating Covid like flu.
Uh-oh, now they're redefining the word 'endemic' in a way that moves the end of the emergency even further away. But endemic is simple. Flu is endemic. Covid is now like flu. QED.
The latest data from the ONS shows that prevalence has been falling in London since the end of last month. This is the same time as last year, despite no lockdown being imposed this time.
Sadiq Khan has demanded that the Government re-impose mandatory face masks on public transport.
Some Brits say they are suffering from 'super colds', with flu immunity having weakened following months of closures and isolation.
Has the winter 'flu season' begun in northern Europe, with signs of upticks in Covid positive tests in the U.K., Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and also Russia?
