Toddler fights for life with deadly sickness that starts as a cold
With more than 400 cases reported this week, little Olivia is the latest to be hit with a potentially deadly respiratory infection.
Cold & Flu
Heartwarming update after flu tears twins apart
Twins Ava and Valli were both hospitalised with the flu – 730 kilometres apart. Now, there has been a positive turn in the Port Lincoln family’s ordeal.
Common virus tears ‘inseparable’ twins apart
Twins Ava and Valli have always been inseparable. But a recent bout of a common illness has torn the three-year-olds, and their family, apart.
Flu cases spiral out of control as Qld makes history for wrong reasons
Queensland has hit an alarming new flu milestone as doctors warn the worst is yet to come. See the sobering figures.
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Chilling ripple effect of Qld’s Covid and flu onslaught
As Queensland stares down a horror flu and Covid-19 season, the impact is being felt in another vulnerable sector of the health system.
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100 cases a day, vaccination fail as worst ever Covid strain looms
With 100 Queenslanders a day already admitted to hospital, the state now faces a serious threat from the most contagious strain of Covid-19 ever recorded.
Shock number of parents ‘hesitant’ for their kids to get the flu vaccine
Flu admissions are spiking this year amid a surprising number of parents being hesitant to vaccinate their child, despite the risk of them becoming seriously unwell.
‘We thought it was the flu, then our little girl wouldn’t wake up’
Parents of five-year-old Indiana thought she just had the flu, but soon discovered it was much worse. Now they’re urging others to know the signs of the rare brain condition.
‘Get vaccinated’: Young woman warns against fighting flu without protection
Lucy felt like she was coming down with a cold – within five days a deadly form of pneumonia took hold, with doctors warning the Tudehopes to prepare for the worst.
This is the best time of year to get your flu shot
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42,000 since January: How to get a free flu jab as cases soar
Australia is in the grip of a record influenza wave, while Covid-19 is also circulating widely. See how you can get the flu vaccine for free.
State’s $16m to protect babies from virus
A virus which hospitalises children across the country is being tackled with a $16m injection from one state government.
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