Flu

The chief executive of the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies warned a shortage of self-care products like throat lozenges, cough mixtures and ...

High numbers of scarlet fever, which is caused by group A Streptococcus (Strep A), also continue to be reported in the UK. A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: "We are aware of reports of issues with the availability of some branded cold and flu medicines. Thorrun Govind, chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said in reference to the cold and cough medicine shortage: "We are concerned and yes there is a supply chain issue that the government needs to seriously look at." She said it was concerning that "when people go to pharmacies and try and get hold of the products over the counter, particularly for small children, then people start to stress and panic and what we don't want to happen is for more people to go to their GP or A&E when the NHS is already under a lot of strain". Pharmacy bosses have warned of a shortage of cough and cold medicines, with some pharmacists "struggling to obtain the very basic" supplies. The chief executive of the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies warned a shortage of self-care products like throat lozenges, cough mixtures and some painkillers could lead to more pressure on the NHS and urged people "not to panic".

Some pharmacies are finding it hard to order over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrups and painkillers, restricting what customers can purchase, while some ...

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Throat lozenges, cough mixtures and some painkillers are among the over-the-counter medicines in short supply, according to the Association of Independent ...

“So you would have thought that plans would have been in place in terms of managing this with regards to liaising with manufacturers and getting the products in.” “Unfortunately part of that is a lack of planning by officials [at the Department of Health and Social Care] in terms of foreseeing the problems and trying to plan in advance to sort it. She added: “Pharmacists are struggling to obtain the very basic, most common cold and flu medicine.” [cough](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/cough) and cold [medicines](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/medicine), with some chemists “struggling to obtain the very basic supplies”. The association said that the latest shortages, which come off the back of supply issues with antibiotics and HRT last year, show there are issues with the supply chain and suggested that a “lack of planning” from government officials was to blame. Chief executive Leyla Hannbeck said that pharmacists were “struggling to obtain the very basic, most common cold and

The flu epidemic in the Netherlands is continuing further into 2023. Last week, general practitioners saw 66 patients with flu-like symptoms for every ...

Nivel on Wednesday acknowledged the "continuation of the flu epidemic." Officially, there has been a flu epidemic in the Netherlands for two weeks. The flu epidemic in the Netherlands is continuing further into 2023.

It comes as pharmacists reported shortages of common medicines for colds and flu including throat lozenges, cough mixtures and some pain killers. Pharmacists ...

A department spokesperson said: “We are aware of reports of issues with the availability of some branded cold and flu medicines. She added: “If you’re in denial that there are supply issues, if you don’t want to admit there is a problem, how can you find solutions? “And every time there is demand for something – like with Strep A (which saw a spike in demand for antibiotics) cases were going up in October, and then in early December the Government said there were no supply issues – when clearly there were supply issues – and then they had to issue a serious shortage protocol which demonstrates that there actually is a supply issue. “Unfortunately part of that is a lack of planning by officials (at the Department of Health and Social Care) in terms of foreseeing the problems and trying to plan in advance to sort it. The Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies accused the Government of “being in denial” over problems with the supply chain. The association said that the latest shortages – which come off the back of supply issues with antibiotics and HRT last year – could cause additional pressures on the NHS.

This is a 79% rise on the week before when 2,088 were in hospital. There were also hundreds of seriously ill flu patients receiving critical care. On average ...

[Health chiefs recently warned](https://www.nationalworld.com/health/flu-season-most-severe-years-hospital-admissions-masks-3964958) that this year’s flu season could be more severe than in the years before the pandemic and urged people to stay at home and wear masks if unwell. There were 102 people in hospital each day on average with flu - double that of the week before. The trust runs North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Wythenshawe Hospital, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Saint Mary’s Hospital, University Dental Hospital of Manchester and Withington Community Hospital. Advertisement Only eight English hospitals had more than 100 patients for the week to 25 December. [data](https://www.nationalworld.com/topic/data) published by [NHS England](https://www.nationalworld.com/topic/nhs-england).

Olly Browning's warning comes as flu patients in London hospitals rose elevenfold in the space of a month.

“It’s easy to be scared out of going to A&E or calling 111 et cetera because you feel like you’ll be a burden on the NHS, especially as a young person,” he told The Standard. This is up by nearly 18 per cent in a month. “I can’t lie, it has been a terrifying experience. “I also think we should push more for young people to be eligible for the flu jab.” I cried a lot, about everything. “It’s not on the NHS for young’uns for some reason, but I discovered it’s like £15 at Boots, so I will be having it in future and encourage you to do the same.

One in eight hospital beds are filled with flu and Covid patients while 22million jabs for the viruses remain unused, official figures show.

However, nine million people are still due a Covid booster jab and 13million have not taken up their free flu shot, meaning a total of 22million jabs remain unused. The flu vaccine and Covid booster is given free on the NHS to adults who are aged 50 and over, those who have serious conditions and their carers or household, pregnant women, care home residents and frontline health and care staff. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Nine million people are still due a Covid booster jab and 13million have not taken up their free flu shot, meaning a total of 22million jabs remain unused Flu and Covid patients are now taking up one in eight NHS beds, sparking a push for more Brits to get vaccinated as nine million are due a booster jab and 13 million have not taken up their flu shot Health bosses urged those eligible for a vaccine to take up the offer in order to slash their risk of falling ill and piling pressure on the

Brits have been warned to expect a shortage over cough and cold medicines at pharmacies and stores amid rising illnesses. Pharmacy bosses warned that throat ...

Adrian Simpson, Products Policy Adviser at the British Retail Consortium, said: "Cold and flu season has been worse this year, which has led to a surge in demand for over-the-counter medicines. The Manchester Evening News has also approached Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Aldi, and Lidl for comment. Chief executive Leyla Hannbeck told PA New agency: "Pharmacists are struggling to obtain the very basic, most common cold and flu medicine. "This isn’t just the branded medicines, it is also simple things like throat lozenges, cough mixtures or pain killers – particularly the ones that are soluble. The UK Health Security Agency warned that winter illnesses such as flu and Covid-19 are circulating across the country at "high levels". Despite fears that pharmacies and supermarkets will run dry of cough and cold medicines, the industry has said that it is working to minimise the supply chain impact for customers.

People in hospital with influenza has soared sevenfold over the past month as NHS England medical director renews his appeal for people to get jabbed as ...

- A weakened immune system, due to a medical treatment (such as steroid medicine, biological therapy, chemotherapy or radiotherapy), a condition (such as leukaemia), a genetic condition or from having an organ or bone marrow transplant - A long-term heart condition, such as congenital heart disease or chronic heart failure - Problems with the spleen, having no spleen or having a condition that can affect the spleen (such as sickle cell disease) Sign up for the Mirror Health newsletter It is important that everyone eligible comes forward and gets their - Severe or multiple learning disabilities (or being on the learning disability register), such as Down’s syndrome

New research shows endowing diseases with human qualities makes people more likely to comply with health recommendations.

A humanizing message that speaks directly to that sense of dismissiveness could be particularly powerful: “You may have forgotten about the flu, but the flu hasn’t forgotten about you.” That could motivate people to ask themselves if they’re taking influenza seriously right now, and gives the virus a sense of intentionality, and even cunning, in its efforts to spread. We are not always good at taking the steps necessary to protect ourselves from diseases, even when we know we should, and even when we know what the steps are. “COVID is out to get you” endows the virus with human qualities of the sinister variety, for example, and gives it a sense of intent, again increasing psychological closeness and compliance. [Studies](https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1998-04189-004) have revealed that a sense of vulnerability increases health compliance. [Past studies](https://academic.oup.com/jcr/article/34/4/468/1820244) have demonstrated that this works in marketing communications—people respond more positively to a humanized car with an upturned grill evoking a smile than one with a downturned grill. In separate work, we confirmed that people are more motivated to protect themselves from humanized diseases because they feel psychologically closer to them and thus more vulnerable to them compared to non-humanized diseases. The evidence we found has implications for health-focused policies and messages that may motivate better compliance across a range of health risks. That’s because we [innately understand](https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/soco.2008.26.2.143) what it is to be human, and instinctively feel psychologically closer to other humans or objects with human characteristics. So we need to pull out all the stops to get people to take health-related action, and humanized depictions of disease seem to work particularly well. [tripledemic](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/16/us/covid-flu-rsv-tripledemic-data.html)” with large ongoing surges of the coronavirus, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV. [Vaccine rates](https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/3760205-flu-and-covid-19-vaccine-uptake-remain-low/) are nowhere near where they should be for COVID-19 and the flu, only compounding the issue. But really, any humanized depiction of disease—whether depression or an overactive bladder—can improve people’s willingness to comply with health recommendations such as getting screened and seeking intervention.

Throat lozenges, cough mixes and some pain relievers are among the over-the-counter medications in short supply, according to the Association of Multiple ...

[at the Department of Health and Social Care] in terms of anticipating problems and trying to plan ahead to solve them. Chief executive Leyla Hannbeck said pharmacists were constantly “solving problems”. She added: “Pharmacists are scrambling to get the most basic and most common cold and flu medicine.” [HRT](https://nnn.ng/tag/hrt/) supply problems, shows problems with the supply chain and suggested a “lack of planning” by government officials was to blame. Chief executive Leyla Hannbeck said pharmacists were “struggling to get the most basic and common cold and flu medicines”. Pharmaceutical leaders have warned of shortages of cough and cold medicines, with some chemists “struggling to obtain the most basic supplies.”

Pharmacists have reported struggling to get hold of medicines such as Lemsip amid a significant increase in demand for cold and flu treatments.

A spokesperson said: “We are seeing significantly increased demand during the current cold and flu season. It comes as NHS England has warned that its fears of a COVID-19 and flu “twindemic” have “been realised”. We are doing all we can to minimise disruption to our customers and consumers.” C+D has also contacted Night Nurse's manufacturer Haleon for comment. Lemsip manufacturer Reckitt told C+D it is “seeing significantly increased demand” and is “doing all [it] can”. Meanwhile, Association of Independent Multiple pharmacies CEO Leyla Hannbeck highlighted “empty shelves in pharmacies” as “supply is struggling to meet the demand” for common flu medicines.

Following the outbreak of Bird flu in the neighbouring Niger Republic, the Federal Government has said that it has tightened its borders.

“We are meeting with the Minister on Friday with stakeholders in the poultry industry, we want to discuss and see how we can change the policy from no vaccination to vaccination, that has been done in other countries and it is helping a lot to curtail the disease”, she said. “It has become endemic all over the world, we have met at the international and regional level and we have decided that the government of Nigeria should change its policy from no vaccination to vaccination. She said the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar would be meeting with stakeholders in the poultry industry to take steps to curb the spread of the disease.

How to deal with the flu in children A couple of months into the school year, both of my children came home sick. Having an 11 year old and an 8 year old I ...

I felt like I was on the wrestling bus until I saw myself and realized that even wrestling can be beautiful. If you are knee deep in cold and flu season with children in need, I am here for you. I didn’t change because I didn’t have time. I drenched in hugs. I missed the deadline for the job, but I didn’t miss my hand being reached. I drenched in kisses. I was beautifully messed up, loving them so hard at the time. Life is often unpredictable, and I was just handling it one day at a time. “I have this on any outfit”, is what I said to myself. During a trip to the store, I looked in the mirror by the checkout line at Walgreens. I heard the whisper of my anxiety trying to rear its head. I burst out laughing.

Flu is an infection of the respiratory system, and some common flu symptoms in adults are fever, chills, headaches, weakness. It generally affects the nose, ...

A rise in the number of sick days missed from school is often the first indicator. Flu is an infection of the respiratory system, and some common flu symptoms in adults are fever, chills, headaches, weakness. When a person with influenza coughs, sneezes, or talks, the virus is spread through the air in the form of droplets. A direct inhalation of the droplets can cause flu. A flu can come on quickly and is usually identified by the following symptoms: In most cases, flu can be treated at home, and the patient recovers without any medical intervention.

“It is not too late to get the flu vaccine,” Tengelsen said. “To reduce serious respiratory illness get your annual influenza vaccine and stay up to date on ...

In particular, H1N1, also called swine flu, is a virus similar to influenza viruses that cause illness in pigs. On the other hand, the flu, or common cold, is ...

“Covid-19 is caused by the [coronavirus](https://nnn.ng/tag/coronavirus/), while the flu is caused by the influenza virus. [](https://nnn.ng/#:~:text=blogger outreach cheap) [Delhi NCR](https://nnn.ng/this-is-how-you-can-tell-the-difference-between-covid-19-flu-and-h1n1/#Delhi NCR) [Sanjith Saseedharan](https://nnn.ng/tag/sanjith-saseedharan/), consultant and head of intensive care, SL Raheja Hospital, Mahim-A Fortis Associate. [Sanjith Saseedharan](https://nnn.ng/this-is-how-you-can-tell-the-difference-between-covid-19-flu-and-h1n1/#Sanjith Saseedharan) “Have patients screened for both [RAT](https://nnn.ng/tag/rat/) and [RTPCR](https://nnn.ng/tag/rtpcr/). [Vigyan Mishra](https://nnn.ng/this-is-how-you-can-tell-the-difference-between-covid-19-flu-and-h1n1/#Vigyan Mishra) [Anantha Padmanabha](https://nnn.ng/tag/anantha-padmanabha/), Internal Medicine Consultant at Fortis Hospital, Nagarbhavi, told indianexpress.com in a previous interaction. However, compared to the flu or H1N1, the severity of COVID-19 in patients is known to be much higher. [y](https://nnn.ng/videodownload/youtube-downloader/), Dr. [Joyeeta Basu](https://nnn.ng/tag/joyeeta-basu/), a physician, took to [Covid-19](https://nnn.ng/tag/covid-19/) in the past four weeks in Delhi [NCR](https://nnn.ng/tag/ncr/). [Vigyan Mishra](https://nnn.ng/tag/vigyan-mishra/), head of laboratory at Neuberg Diagnostics, said that influenza (flu) and covid-19 are infectious respiratory diseases, however they are caused by different viruses. [Manjeeta Nath](https://nnn.ng/tag/manjeeta-nath/) Das, Senior Internal Medicine Consultant at Narayana Super Specialty Hospital, Gurugram, said it is necessary to check the patient’s symptoms, rather than assuming the illness is seasonal flu, covid or N1H1.

The flu season for 2022/23 is the worst since 2017/18, when 30000 people died, according to statisitcs.

Those aged under five and over 65 were the worst affected, with those aged over 85 most likely to be admitted to hospital due to suffering from flu. Don’t visit vulnerable people if you’re unwell." The flu season for 2022/23 is the worst since 2017/18, when 30,000 people died, according to statisitcs.

Today's data snapshot is no guarantee the extra pressure that respiratory viruses have put on the NHS will ease.

It first emerged last spring and is thought to have originated here in the UK from a previous Omicron variant called BA.2.75. So today's data snapshot is no guarantee the extra pressure that respiratory viruses have put on the NHS will ease. But so far, it doesn't appear to be taking off in the UK as fast. However, since regular testing was ended it's hard for officials to estimate the variant's actual growth rate, with just a few hundred samples of it being collected so far each week. However, their growth advantage means they could still pose a threat to a failing health service. COVID admissions also declined.