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In the past week 62 people have died in the UK from the flu. This brings the total number killed to 112 since October. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has down-played the figure. It claims the rise is due to the late reporting of deaths that occurred before Christmas. The majority of the dead had [...]
(Read More)4th Jan 11
Pharmacies will not vaccinate children against swine flu
by Adam Richards
Confusion over new rules has led High Street pharmacies to refuse children swine flu vaccinations. Children thought of as healthy do not qualify for the vaccination under the NHS. However, parents were told they could get their children the jab privately at pharmacies. The Department of Health said there was no reason pharmacies could not [...]
(Read More)31st Dec 10
Deaths from swine flu increasing in the UK
by Katie Naylor
Swine flu has killed 40 people in the UK this winter according to new figures. A recent report conducted by the Health Protection Agency investigated the condition in the UK. It said that 12 people died from influenza-related conditions in the past week. Middle-aged people appear to be at particular risk of flu. The report [...]
(Read More)25th Dec 10
H1N1 returns to Britain
by Adam Richards
The UK Department of Health (Health Protection Agency, HPA) announced on Thursday that twenty-four people, including several children, have died of the H1N1 influenza virus in the country since October. In total, 27 people died of flu in the last three months, including 10 during the past week, but 24 deaths are attributed formally to [...]
(Read More)11th Dec 09
Swine flu less lethal than previously thought
by Natasha Redman
England’s chief medical officer has claimed that the swine flu pandemic is considerably less lethal than originally feared, with a death rate of less than 0.1 per cent. Twenty-six people have died from the for every 100,000 H1N1 cases in England, an analysis of deaths to November 8th revealed. About 1 per cent of Britons [...]
(Read More)10th Dec 09
Swine flu jab talks fail
by Adam Richards
Talks between doctors the Government and GPs have broken down over arrangements for giving the swine flu vaccine to young children. GPs have refused to take on the work unless the Department of Health relaxed the target for seeing patients within 48 hours, saying they could not cope with the workload. Secretary for Health Andy [...]
(Read More)12th Nov 09
Warning following the surge in winter vomiting illness
by Katie Naylor
Britons have been warned of a rise in the cases of the winter vomiting bug, the norovirus, which health officials saying that 35 cases have been confirmed in the past month. The Health Protection Agency has said that schools, hospitals, aged care homes and nurseries had been worst hit by cases of diarrhoea and vomiting, [...]
(Read More)2nd Nov 09
Swine flu cases on the increase
by Harry Oldfield
There were approximately 78,000 new instances of swine flu in the UK in the last seven days, figures have revealed. These are up from 53,000 in the prior week but comes short of the 100,000 cases at the height of swine flu in July. Currently there are 751 Britons in hospital with the virus, from [...]
(Read More)22nd Oct 09
School shuts as swine flu vaccinations starts
by Adam Richards
Medical workers have begun the arduous of vaccinating millions of vulnerable patients against the swine flu. The task comes as a primary school in Wales has been ordered t close after some students been taken ill by the sickness. British hospitals will receive over 415,000 doses of the Pandemrix vaccine over the next three days, [...]
(Read More)20th Oct 09
Pregnancy still safe despite swine flu warnings
by Katie Naylor
Couples have yesterday been urged not to be scared away from having children because of the swine flu pandemic. However, the National Childbirth Trust had already called for women to delay conception until the threat of the disease has passed because of the risk it posed of infection to expectant mothers. Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon [...]
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