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1 month agoSurging flu cases across Canada, especially among children, causing growing concern for health-care capacity | CBC
Some H3N2 strains are mismatched to this year's flu vaccine, but vaccination is still recommended to reduce severe illness and hospitalizations, especially in children.
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1 month agoHas flu peaked? What the figures tell us
The NHS remains on high alert over flu, health bosses say, but there are clear signs the surge in the virus has come to an end for now at least. Community spread appears to have stabilised, the UK Health Security Agency says. Meanwhile, the rise in hospital cases has slowed. And with just over 3,000 patients in hospital in England with the virus, the dire prediction by NHS chief executive Sir Jim Mackay of "between 5,000 and 8,000" cases has not materialised.
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fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 month agoSome schools are in lockdown as 'super flu' affects hundreds of pupils and staff - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
H3N2 'super flu' is causing widespread school illness and rising hospital admissions, prompting temporary school closures and urgent vaccination and infection-control measures.
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2 months agoNew flu virus mutation could see 'worst season in a decade'
Flu strikes every winter, but this year something seems to be different. A seasonal flu virus suddenly mutated in the summer. It appears to evade some of our immunity, has kick-started a flu season more than a month early, and is a type of flu that history suggests is more severe. The NHS has now issued a "flu jab SOS" as fears grow that this will add up to a brutal winter. There is a lot of nuance and uncertainty, but leading flu experts have told me they would not be shocked if this was the worst flu season for a decade.
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