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Bird flu: Health officials draw up COVID-style model looking at pandemic possibilities | UK News
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A COVID-style plan for dealing with bird flu is being drawn up by health officials, modelling what would happen if the virus starts spreading between humans. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says there is “no evidence so far that the virus is getting better at infecting humans or other mammals” but warned the high…
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Cambodia girl, 11, dies from bird flu, health officials say | World News
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An 11-year-old girl from Cambodia has died from bird flu, health officials have said, the first person in the country to die from the infection since 2014. The girl was from the rural province of Prey Veng, in south-eastern Cambodia, and became ill on 16 February. She went to hospital in the capital, Phnom Penh,…
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Bird flu: Expert calls for work to start on vaccine with risk to humans ‘increasing’ | Science & Tech News
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Work should start to create a vaccine against bird flu in case the virus starts to spread between humans, a UK expert has warned. Professor Ian Brown, head of virology at the Animal and Plant Health Agency, said the rapidly evolving virus was increasingly spreading from birds into mammal species, raising the threat to humans.…
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Childhood flu vaccine may reduce Strep A risk, research suggests | Science & Tech News
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The childhood flu vaccine may also reduce the risk of Strep A infections, according to research by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). The vaccine, which is given as a nasal spray, is offered to pre-school and primary school children each year. A new study compared rates of Streptococcus A in areas where all young…
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Parents urged to vaccinate under-fives against flu amid surge in infections | UK News
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Parents have been urged to vaccinate their children against the flu following a surge in serious cases among under-fives. Flu hospitalisations in young children are nearly 20 times as high as last year, figures suggest. This week, 230 under-fives were hospitalised, compared to just 12 at the same time last year. Estimates show hundreds more…
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Why Australia’s worst flu season in five years could be a warning of what’s to come in UK | UK News
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The UK could be in store for a severe flu season after Australia – which typically serves as a predictor for the northern hemisphere – suffered its worst in five years. The figures already show there are 10 times more people in hospital with flu than this time last year. NHS leaders have warned the…