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Critical incidents declared across UK hospitals

Critical incidents declared across UK hospitals

A world-first vaccine for the vomiting bug norovirus is being trialled in the UK, with the hope it could cut the "burden on the NHS", the Health Secretary has said.

World's first norovirus vaccine to be trialled in the UK

Cases of Covid are on the rise thanks to the new XEC Covid variant.

'Covid: symptoms and new variants explained as hospitalisations rise

The NHS has rolled out a new vaccine for RSV in a bit to prevent hospital admissions over winter.

NHS rolls out new RSV jab for at-risk groups ahead of winter months

A Greece travel warning has been issued as there has been a surge in Covid hospitalisations in the country due to an outbreak of the new FLiRT variant of the virus. (Photo: Getty Images)

New Covid outbreak in holiday hotspot

The UK is set to become the first country in the world to launch a national vaccination programme using the same vaccine to protect both infants and older adults from deadly Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), aimed at easing winter pressures on the NHS.

RSV vaccination rollout announced

A new Covid variant has caused an increase in hospital admissions across the UK. (Photo: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Summer Covid symptoms as cases of new variant FLiRT increase

Idris Elba stands in front of an installation of over 200 bundles of clothing representing the lives lost to Knife crime in the UK as he calls on the Government to take immediate action to prevent serious youth violence at Parliament Square on January 08, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Don't Stop Your Future)

Watch as Idris Elba calls for immediate ban on zombie knives

Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham, Portsmouth.

Almost two million Brits hospitalised with urinary tract infections

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Migraines should be taken more seriously by NHS, claims charity

Will you be eligible for a Covid booster this autumn?

Brits have become far more familiar with vaccines since the Covid-19 pandemic struck.

More Brits can now have shingles and HPV jabs - here's how to get them

Artist Tracey Emin alongside a piece titled 'Wet' which features in her first Scottish show since 2008. (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Tracey Emin "thought she might die" after contracting Covid-19

Why birds are good for your mental health - as link ‘underexplored’. (Photo: DPA/AFP via Getty Images)

Why birds are good for your mental health

A picture taken on February 20, 2022 shows a Covid-19 Lateral Flow (LFT) self-test kit, containing a SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test, arranged for a photograph, in London (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

New Covid variant found in UK

A picture taken on February 20, 2022 shows a Covid-19 Lateral Flow (LFT) self-test kit, containing a SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test, arranged for a photograph, in London (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Positive covid-19 cases increase as sales rise by a third this month

Long A&E waits contributed to around 23,000 excess deaths in 2022, a medical college claims (Photo: Getty Images)

Around 23,000 excess deaths last year ‘linked to long A&E waits’
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) said some 1.66 million people in England waited for more than 12 hours in A&E in 2022
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The extra cash aims to ease the strain on hospital wards (Photo: Getty Images)

NHS given extra £200m to buy care home beds to free up hospital space

Flu season is looking far more severe compared to recent years, health chiefs have warned (Composite: Mark Hall)

Flu season could be most severe in years as people urged ‘wear masks’

Health chiefs say anyone with Covid or flu symptoms should stay at home this Christmas (Composite: Kim Mogg)

‘Stay at home alone’ if you have Covid or flu symptoms, UKHSA warns

People are being urged to stay at home if they have flu-like symptoms this Christmas (Photo: Getty Images)

Key symptoms of a cold, flu and Covid - and how to tell them apart

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9 symptoms that indicate you have flu - and how they differ to Covid

People are being urged to get vaccinated against flu (Photo: Getty Images)

Flu hospital admissions overtake those for Covid for first time

The Omicron XE variant was first detected in the UK on 19 January (Composite: Kim Mogg / JPIMedia)

Symptoms of new Omicron XE variant as hundreds of cases found in UK

Covid infections and hospitalisations have been rising across the UK (Composite: Mark Hall / JPIMedia)

15 England areas with most Covid patients in hospital as cases soar

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The 15 UK areas that recorded the most Covid deaths in 2021

New Year’s Eve celebrations will not go ahead in Trafalgar Square this year (Photo: Getty Images)

Trafalgar Square NYE celebrations cancelled over soaring Covid cases

With high levels of Covid immunity and a strong booster vaccination programme, a leading scientist has warned a lockdown at Christmas is unlikely to happen (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

Christmas lockdown should be avoided as winter Covid wave unlikely
Professor Neil Ferguson said it’s unlikely Britain will face a Christmas lockdown as Covid ‘storm cloud’ gathers over Europe
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Malnutrition is most commonly affecting elderly people

Hospital admissions for malnutrition surge - scurvy also on rise

Thousands of women are admitted to hospital with endometriosis each year (Graphic: Mark Hall/JPIMedia)

Endometriosis: emergency cases at 14-year high amid Covid disruption

A rising number of hospital admissions across England have been linked to antimicrobial resistance (Photo: Shutterstock

English hospitals where thousands of ‘superbug’ admissions resist antibiotics