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Liverpool's public health boss has given his guidance on whether people in the city and region should be wearing masks amid soaring cases of 'super flu'. The NHS is under immense pressure at the ...

In the pantheon of tiresome debates, mask-wearing has to be up there with pineapple on pizza. But the old argument is back. As such, the advice of yesteryear is coming back. Daniel Elkeles, chief ...

A new strain of flu is sweeping across the UK, causing a “tidal wave” of illness, an NHS leader has warned. Hospital admissions for flu are already 55% higher than the same week last year, with ...

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16:43, Thu, Dec 11, 2025 Updated: 16:44, Thu, Dec 11, 2025 The NHS has declared it is facing a “worst case scenario” this December after hospitalisations for flu surged by more than half in just one ...

A new strain of flu is sweeping across the UK, causing a “tidal wave” of illness, an NHS leader has warned. Hospital admissions for flu are already 55% higher than the same week last year, with ...

Health bosses caused a political row last night after urging 'coughing and sneezing' workers to 'wear a mask or go home' to halt the rapid spread of flu. No 10 backed the call, but Kemi Badenoch ...

A deadly quad-demic is taking shape in the US as the months get colder and people gather indoors, threatening to overwhelm hospitals, disrupt children’s education and pose a deadly risk to vulnerable ...

Kemi Badenoch has criticised NHS calls for a return to wearing face masks, saying she was “still slightly traumatised” by her experiences during Covid. The Tory leader called for “common sense” and ...

The countdown to Christmas is on, meaning that cold and flu season is officially in full swing too – and NHS reports say there has been an average of 1,700 patients admitted to hospital with a new ...