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Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls received his flu vaccination on Tuesday before announcing an expansion of the state’s needle-free flu mist program.

Young ‘superspreaders’ targeted in bid to avoid repeat of deadly flu season

The state hopes an expansion of its nasal spray flu vaccine program will encourage more people to get inoculated following last year’s horror flu season.

  • Courtney Kruk

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The FluMist vaccine.

There’s a new nose-spray flu vaccine. Should your kids get it?

With flu season almost upon us, it’s time to get vaccinated. And for the first time, there’s more than one option available.

  • Liam Mannix
Perth mother Jessica Yugovich has been on a volunteering mission following the death of her young daughter, Aliyah. Picture: 9News Perth

The heartbreaking loss driving a Perth mother’s volunteering mission

Aliyah Yugovich should have celebrated her fifth birthday on Sunday. Instead, her parents Jessica and Josh Yugovich are still trying to comprehend life without their little girl.

  • Rachel Langdon
Dr Annalyse Crane giving three-year-old Hamish Gray his first nasal spray flu vaccine at Family Medical Practice in Kirrawee, alongside his father, Ben.

How to keep your child safe from the flu – without a needle

Two-thirds of children are terrified of needles. Now, they don’t need one to be protected from the flu.

  • Angus Thomson
WA Leader of the Opposition Basil Zempilas.

Bad end to summer in WA’s hospitals points to an even worse winter

Ramping figures released today for last month show it was the worst February on record, with ambulances parked outside public hospitals for nearly 4893 hours while waiting to transfer their patient. 

  • Hamish Hastie
Dr Marianne Gale was announced as Queensland’s next chief health officer in October last year.

Winter is coming, and Qld’s new top doctor has set her sights on shielding the state

Dr Marianne Gale knows a thing or two about preventable diseases. And now she’s on a mission to combat an illness that floored 95,000 Queenslanders last year alone.

  • Courtney Kruk
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A new strain of influenza, mosquito borne viruses and gastro are just some of the illnesses experts are warning against this holiday season.

Gastro, measles and a mutant flu: The illnesses threatening Christmas

After a record-breaking flu season, health experts have warned Queenslanders against a range of viruses sweeping across the state this holiday season.

  • Courtney Kruk
NSW is experiencing higher-than-usual flu cases in November.

Why everyone is getting sick in November

Unseasonably high flu cases are leading to an uptick in visits to NSW emergency departments while COVID continues to increase, heading into the festive period.

  • Angus Thomson
Dr Rebekah Hoffman at her practice in Sydney.

‘This is not the record we want to be breaking’: Anti-vax ideology helping flu surge, GPs say

Record flu numbers across the country have raised alarm among doctors as data shows vaccination rates for vulnerable populations are in steep decline.

  • Angus Delaney
The flu.

Got the flu? Why a fake treatment might be your cure … and which ones to avoid

Whether your preferred cold remedy is lemon and honey tea, eucalyptus rubs, chicken soup or vitamin C, they probably shouldn’t work. So how are they producing real effects?

  • Jonathan Davies