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Bad flu is nearly twice as likely to leave you with long-term brain damage than severe Covid, suggests new study

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By Luke Andrews Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com 20:06 20 Mar 2024, updated 20:21 20 Mar 2024 The long-lasting symptoms of flu are ...

Urgent warning over ‘bird chlamydia’ following deaths of five humans in ‘unusual’ outbreak sweeping Europe

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By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline 12:59 06 Mar 2024, updated 14:49 06 Mar 2024 Psittacosis, nicknamed parrot fever, has killed ...

DR ELLIE CANNON: Could my 24-hour ‘flu’ bout really have been a mini-stroke?

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Q: A few weeks ago I felt like I had flu coming on and decided to take myself to bed. I managed ...

A doctor told Gina her fever was just a virus… a week later she was dead. Amid a worrying rise in sepsis deaths, one heartbroken sister pleads for wider awareness of the hidden killer

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Sarah Carter

Britain’s worrying rise in deaths from sepsis may be due to some doctors not taking the condition seriously, according to the UK’s ...

Why I won’t give my child the MMR jab: Brutally honest verdict of mother who insists she is not an anti-vaxxer – as a top expert debunks her widely-believed concerns in hope of convincing hesitant parents to get their kids jabbed

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A mother-of-two controversially won’t give her children the MMR vaccine because she fears the jab would do ‘more harm than good’. Stacey Victoria, ...

Could your cough be TB? Warning over spike in tuberculosis as health chiefs claim lingering illness might actually be caused by Victorian-era illness

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By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline 16:58 15 Feb 2024, updated 18:36 15 Feb 2024 UK Health Security Agency data shows ...

Man, 71, is hospitalised after catching a rare bug from his pet Chihuahua

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The 71-year-old from Spain only attended hospital after seven days of symptoms He was left struggling to breathe and medics discovered he ...

I coughed 600 times a day for 15 years

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Sarah Carter

Sometimes my ribs and stomach muscles would ache because I’d just coughed so much, although over time that didn’t happen quite so ...

How soon until you feel ill after catching someone else’s disease? From measles to colds, flu and Covid, our expert guide to when the symptoms will hit… and how long YOU are then infectious for

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Sarah Carter

Sitting next to someone with a hacking cough on a crowded plane or train, hearing the friend you had a drink with ...

Expert reveals what is causing your cough that won’t go away- and how to get rid of it for good

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Sarah Carter

It may seem like everyone you know is sick – with people calling out of work and friends canceling plans.   With the ...