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seasonal flu

Flu season kicks off – In the News

Flu season kicks off – In the News

In the News  |  Published: 03 May 201812 February 2019

District Health Boards are urging people to get the seasonal influenza vaccine as the flu season kicks off and hospitals […]

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Flu reaching ‘epidemic’ proportions? – Expert responds

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 27 July 201227 July 2012

Claims that an influenza epidemic of swine flu proportions are set to overwhelm the country are overblown, according to virologists […]

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Dom Post: Scientists prove humans can have two flus at once

In the News  |  Published: 16 September 2010

Kate Newton writes in the Dominion Post about findings in a New Zealand-based study that show that two different flu […]

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Could seasonal flu help pandemic flu?

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 16 September 201016 September 2010

New Zealand-based research has shown that, for people who get both seasonal A(H1N1) and pandemic flu (H1N1) flu at the […]

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Media coverage: Fluvax vaccine concerns

In the News  |  Published: 29 April 201029 April 2010

Concern was sparked last week as there were reports in Australia that the Fluvax flu vaccine had had negative effects […]

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Newsletter Digest: Two types of ‘flu, water, and 3 degrees C

Blog  |  Published: 23 April 2010

Swine flu – lessons one year on This time last year, as Kiwis prepared to attend weekend dawn parade and […]

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Flu jab for kids halted in Australia pending investigation

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 23 April 201023 April 2010

Australia’s Chief Medical Officer today told doctors in Australia to stop giving the seasonal flu vaccine to children under the […]

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