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Healthcare
fromwww.bbc.com
11 hours ago

Streeting hails NHS progress as key hospital waiting time milestone met

65.3% of patients in England were treated within 18 weeks by March 2026, meeting the interim target and supporting the 92% goal by 2029.
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

US sees spike in flu cases in December, after most severe season since 2018

Influenza cases surged in December after an unusually severe 2024–2025 season; unvaccinated people, especially children and older adults, should get vaccinated.
Public health
fromIndependent
4 months ago

Eilis O'Hanlon: Flu crisis has been made worse by our national case of long Covid

Outdated 2019 headlines about hospitals 'creaking at the seams' are being reused to blame the unvaccinated for a current surge.
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Christmas strikes could collapse NHS with flu posing challenge unlike any since pandemic', says Streeting

Strikes combined with a sharp rise in flu cases over Christmas risk overwhelming an already precarious NHS and could trigger systemic collapse.
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
5 months ago

Masks to be worn in hospitals as flu cases surge

Two hospitals reinstate masks for staff and visitors as flu cases double, with a virulent H3N2 strain causing increased hospitalisations and ward outbreaks.
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
5 months ago

NHS waiting list down after three months of rises

NHS waiting list fell to 7.39 million; early surge in flu and a five-day junior doctors' strike threaten to intensify winter pressures.
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