If you’ve been hit with a respiratory tract infection this festive season, it’s more likely to be Covid-19 than the flu.

It comes after the Welsh Ambulance Service was overwhelmed during the Christmas period due to rising flu and respiratory ...

Novak Djokovic's detention before the 2022 Australian Open caused worldwide controversy. The Serbian recently made a ...

Five years after the first cases of COVID-19, reports of hMPV, an obscure respiratory virus in China may understandably raise ...

Meta announced this week it was ending third-party fact-checking and moving towards community notes. Some experts fear it could lead to a rise in health misinformation.

A variant of the virus caused disease in people in 1997, when there was a small but deadly outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...

A BBC star who appeared on a show hosted by Jonathan Ross has died suddenly from flu aged 56. Kerry Wilson, from Trentham in ...

Dr Cowan explained: “It is available to those between 40 and 74 who don’t have certain pre-existing conditions. The quick ...

Cases of the infection human metapneumovirus (HMPV) have caused some concern among experts amid rising levels in the UK and US.

Yes, but don’t be alarmed, medical experts stress. According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which monitors ...

Flu and norovirus are rife across the country - and people could be facing more severe effects because of changes to the ...

The government has also warned parents that alcohol gels do not kill norovirus. While hand sanitisers picked up in popularity ...