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Children in the UK may be more at risk of infections and other health complications this winter compared with previous years

Flu, RSV and cost of living will all harm UK child health this winter

23 November 2022

Seasonal infections are set to spike, while the cost-of-living crisis is also expected to affect some children’s mental and physical health
A pharmacist administers a flu vaccine ahead of the UK's 2022/23 flu season

NHS invites 12 million people to have booster to ward off 'twindemic'

27 September 2022

Last year's warnings about a particularly bad flu season didn't materialise, but an earlier and more severe outbreak in Australia doesn't bode well for the northern hemisphere
A coloured scanning electron micrograph of a cell (green) infected with the omicron variant of the coronavirus (purple)

The omicron coronavirus variant may protect against flu

19 September 2022

In a laboratory study, the H1N1 seasonal flu virus didn't take hold in bronchial cells containing the omicron coronavirus variant, but the flu virus did replicate in cells containing the delta variant

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