NewsBite

Cold & Flu

Shot of a businesswoman using a tissue to sneeze in while being seated in the office, flu season. Picture: Istock

Forget pills – these household items will help fight your cold

Sick of always reaching for over-the-counter products when you’re struck down by winter lurgies?

Senior People Vaccination. Elderly Man In Face Mask Getting Vaccinated. Doctor Giving Corona Virus Vaccine Injection Patient. Covid-19 Flu Protection. Mature Man In Clinic. Protection of Seniors. Elderly Man feeling Good on getting Vaccine from Coronavirus. Covid Vaccination for Older People. Senior Man showing her Arm. Picture: Istock

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.

0

Hannah Casey with two of her four children Frances, 3, and Norah, 1. Hanna from the Bellarine Peninsula caught the flu when pregnant with her fourth child and is now urging others to get vaccinated. Picture: Alan Barber

Mum’s warning as flu cases surge

Hannah Casey couldn’t get out of bed for a week when she was struck down with the flu while pregnant with her fourth child. ALL YOUR FLU QUESTIONS ANSWERED

0

Art work for Paul Griffin and vaccine

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.

0

More Stories

Whooping cough, conceptual illustration. Whooping cough is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by Bordetella pertussis bacteria. The main symptoms are paroxysms of cough and inspiratory whoop. B. pertussis are gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile, coccobacillus bacteria. They are spread by coughing and by nasal drops. The incubation period is 7-14 days. B. pertussis bacteria initially locate in nasopharynx where they multiply and produce number of toxins including tracheal cytotoxin (TCT). TCT causes extensive damage to ciliated epithelial cells of trachea and contributes to the cough characteristic of pertussis. Treatment is with antibiotics. A vaccine is available for this bacterial pathogen. Pertussis vaccine is part of the DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis) immunization.

Australia in grips of record whooping cough epidemic

Australia has broken a grim record with 45,000 whooping cough cases expected by the end of the year – the highest number since the introduction of the vaccine – with two states hard hit.

0

Brace your immune system. Image: Pexels.

What is Influenza B? Everything you need to know

Brace your immune system

ExplainerIllness

The World Health Organisation advises to only wear a mask if you are ill with COVID-19 symptoms (especially coughing) or looking after someone who may have COVID-19. Picture: Mark Stewart

Covid’s damaging effects on the brain revealed

A new study has added to the increasingly worrisome picture of how even mild Covid cases have detrimental effects on the brain. See how.

0

Vaccination.

Feeling fluey? This is when to go to hospital

Australia is in the thick of a severe flu season, with health experts warning it could drag on for months. See what the symptoms are and how to protect yourself.

Researchers are trialling a new “universal” influenza vaccine named OVX836 that provides broader protection for longer. Image: Unsplash

A new flu vaccine could spell the end of yearly jabs

Could it really be one and done?

Over 250,000 cases of the flu were recorded last year. Image: Getty

So, does the flu shot actually make you sick?

All your pointy questions answered

1
2

Original URL: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/health/conditions/cold-flu/page/2