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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

What is invasive strep A? The potentially dangerous condition is currently on the rise

There are ways to treat the infection and protect yourself and your family from getting it in the first place. Here’s what you need to know.

Inverse

Flu season returns from 3-year hiatus

Japan has entered the influenza season nationwide, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Wednesday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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Flu cases at highest level in Scotland for five years

FLU cases in Scotland are at their highest level for five years, health officials have said.

The National (Scotland)

Are indoor holiday parties safe as COVID, flu and RSV spread? We asked three experts

The past three years the holidays have been clouded with pandemic concerns. Now, with COVID, the flu and RSV circulating — what should folks look out for at gatherings?

Tribune News Service

EEOC Sues Over Employer's Refusing Religious Exemption from Flu Vaccine Requirements

From this press release sent out last Friday (see also the Complaint): Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA), a pediatric healthcare system in Georgia, violated federal law when it fired a maintenance assistant for requesting a religious exemption to its influenza vaccination policy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged…

Reason

Warning after swans get trapped in frozen lake

Reports of birds getting trapped have been shared on social media

Liverpool Echo

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‘Not Covid’ lurgy spreading across Ireland as flu cases almost double within a week

People are reporting feeling unwell with symptoms similar to Covid, while testing negative. It comes as flu cases in Ireland have almost doubled within a week.

Irish Mirror

1918 flu pandemic upended long-standing social inequalities – at least for a time, new study finds

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The Conversation

Health panel: COVID different from flu

Key members of a health ministry advisory body indicated Wednesday that COVID-19 has different characteristics to seasonal influenza, a view that could shape the government's decision on whether to review the classification of the novel coronavirus and how the virus is handled.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

As viral infections skyrocket, masks are still a tried-and-true way to help keep yourself and others safe

The cold and flu season of 2022 has begun with a vengeance. Viruses that have been unusually scarce over the past three years are reappearing at remarkably high levels, sparking a “tripledemic” of COVID-19, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. This November’s national hospitalization levels for influenza were…

The Conversation

Hospital pediatric units around Alaska are packed as flu, RSV make rounds

Unusually high rates of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, continue to fill pediatric units in hospitals around Alaska, marking a nasty cold and flu season that still hasn't reached its peak.

Tribune News Service

What we know about the deadliest U.S. bird flu outbreak in history

The U.S. is enduring its worst poultry health disaster, with some 52.7 million birds dead. Unlike another recent outbreaks, this one has lasted through the summer — and it's still going strong.

WEKU

44 children under five hospitalised with flu over the past six weeks as HSE urges vaccinations

Nearly 300 people were admitted to hospital wards around the country with influenza since the start of October

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Seasonal viruses are affecting kids more

This years respiratory virus season began early and is more severe — doctors wonder when infections will peak

Chicago Sun-Times

New flu defense in the works: 1 shot to protect against all 20 influenza viruses

Taking a new approach, based on the mRNA technology that proved effective against COVID-19, University of Pennsylvania researchers are working on the experimental vaccine.

Tribune News Service

US avian flu outbreak worst on record with 50 million dead birds

The American outbreak of avian influenza is officially the worst on record with 50.54 million dead birds, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Guardian - UK

Universal flu vaccine may be available within two years, says scientist

Vaccine against all strains of virus hailed as major step in protecting against potentially devastating flu pandemic

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The Independent UK

Universal flu vaccine ‘could protect against pandemics’

Scientists design vaccine that protects against all 20 known types of flu

Reuters

Researchers test mRNA technology for universal flu vaccine

An experimental vaccine provided broad protection against all 20 known influenza A and B virus subtypes in initial tests in mice and ferrets, potentially opening a pathway to a universal flu shot that might help prevent future pandemics, according to a U.S. study published on Thursday.

Irish Mirror

New fears over Christmas turkey supply in Ireland after another flock gets avian flu

There is now a slight extension to the existing Avian Influenza restriction zones on foot of the news

Wales Online

Every place now hit by bird flu as spread continues moving north

Millions of birds have been culled after hundreds of cases of the devastating avian flu have been confirmed

Dublin Live

Public warned to keep away from sick or dead birds as second case of Avian flu confirmed in Ireland

The HSE has issued important steps for the public and their pets to stay safe from bird flu

Irish Mirror

Second turkey flock in Monaghan tests positive for bird flu as officials rush to extend 'exclusion zone'

There is a slight extension to the existing Avian Influenza restriction zones on foot of this confirmation

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Age: Is it really just a number?

In 1957, the decade-old Centers for Disease Control prohibited individuals under 21 from receiving vaccines during the major influenza epidemic of that year unless they had signatures granting parental permission. A 20-year-old college junior at the time, I was miles away from home, and the necessary approval paperwork for the…

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