Flu season
Bad end to summer in WA’s hospitals points to an even worse winter
Ramping figures released today for last month show it was the worst February on record, with ambulances parked outside public hospitals for nearly 4893 hours while waiting to transfer their patient.
- Hamish Hastie
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Winter is coming, and Qld’s new top doctor has set her sights on shielding the state
Dr Marianne Gale knows a thing or two about preventable diseases. And now she’s on a mission to combat an illness that floored 95,000 Queenslanders last year alone.
- Courtney Kruk
Gastro, measles and a mutant flu: The illnesses threatening Christmas
After a record-breaking flu season, health experts have warned Queenslanders against a range of viruses sweeping across the state this holiday season.
- Courtney Kruk
Why everyone is getting sick in November
Unseasonably high flu cases are leading to an uptick in visits to NSW emergency departments while COVID continues to increase, heading into the festive period.
- Angus Thomson
‘This is not the record we want to be breaking’: Anti-vax ideology helping flu surge, GPs say
Record flu numbers across the country have raised alarm among doctors as data shows vaccination rates for vulnerable populations are in steep decline.
- Angus Delaney
- Opinion
- Illness
Got the flu? Why a fake treatment might be your cure … and which ones to avoid
Whether your preferred cold remedy is lemon and honey tea, eucalyptus rubs, chicken soup or vitamin C, they probably shouldn’t work. So how are they producing real effects?
- Jonathan Davies
- Analysis
- Science
Most parents skip the flu jab for their children. Is that a bad idea?
The flu vaccine is so strongly recommended for children under five, the government makes it free. So why are vaccination rates against the flu declining?
- Liam Mannix
- Updated
- Queensland government
‘Not going to force people’: Bleijie OK with country’s worst flu jab rate
After Premier David Crisafulli’s refusal to say if he had personally had the vaccine, Bleijie echoed the comments it was “between me and my GP” – but went further.
- Matt Dennien and Courtney Kruk
Qld vaccination rates lowest in nation as double hit of Ekka and flu peak near
Less than 28 per cent of Queenslanders are currently vaccinated against the flu, with the latest Queensland Health data showing the state has recorded nearly 40,000 cases this year.
- Courtney Kruk
- Opinion
- Illness
Got a cough coming on? Don’t soldier on. For heaven’s sake, march homewards
Based on the cavalier public behaviour I’ve witnessed recently, I fear we’ve forgotten the hard-won lessons of COVID.
- Julie Power