Doctors have warned that record influenza detections between January and March could be an “ominous sign” for the cooler months.
Last winter,one Brisbane mother saw two of her children admitted to different hospitals as beds ran out. This year,infection rates are already high.
Sick customers who bought some cold and flu medications have been falsely assured their nasal congestion would be relieved,an Australian class action alleges.
Cases of COVID-19,influenza and RSV are already on the rise,with the return to school expected to see numbers continue to climb across the state.
The medicines’ regulator will reconsider warnings for some cold and flu tablets,after a young father died from a severe allergic reaction last month.
And the new research findings hold a warning:H5N1 may similarly transform to cause large-scale infections in other mammalian species,including people.
The preferred antibiotic to treat ‘walking pneumonia’ in children is in short supply,as a wave of respiratory illnesses spreads across Queensland.
A critically ill child who returned from India in March was infected with the disease,which has killed millions of animals worldwide.
We’re currently experiencing a unique hell of virus soup,and despite knowing what we need to do to get better,following doctor’s orders feel painfully pedestrian.
Influenza and COVID-19 are spreading rapidly in NSW,but they are not our only problem.