Tag Archives: flu

Déjà flu: can science help the NHS cope with the annual burden of respiratory infections?

Posted on April 26, 2018 by lauracoxmicrobio

Last winter’s flu season was widely covered as having put huge pressure on the NHS, with reports the NHS is being thrown into ‘crisis’. What went wrong? And how can the NHS be supported in the future? At the Microbiology … Continue reading →

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How concerned should we be about H7N9 flu?

Posted on February 24, 2017 by MicrobiologySociety

The past few weeks have seen an increasing amount of coverage about an ongoing outbreak of the H7N9 strain of avian influenza in China (often called ‘bird flu’). Reports suggest that in January almost 200 people were confirmed as being … Continue reading →

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A bump in the road for a broad-spectrum flu vaccine?

Posted on March 12, 2014 by MicrobiologySociety

An estimated three to five million cases of severe flu infection are reported each year. This isn’t the same as the “I can’t come to work today, I’ve got ‘flu’…” type of illness (often caused by the common cold), but … Continue reading →

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