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Masks to be worn as flu hits Berkshire and Surrey hospitals
Two more UK hospitals are bringing back masks for staff and visitors amid a sharp rise in flu cases. Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, Berkshire, and Frimley Park Hospital near Camberley, Surrey, will announce the change on Tuesday, the BBC understands. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the two sites, said the number of…
Why is MenB vaccine not given to teenagers in UK and should they be offered it?
“She’d contacted me and then said I’m going back to sleep to try and sleep it off. She woke up at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, the rash had spread, she felt worse, her arms and legs were aching and she just felt really unwell, so we advised her to contact 111 to seek medical…
