Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Getty Images The number of patients in hospital in England with influenza has risen by more than 50% in the past week, with NHS bosses warning there is no sign of “super flu” peaking yet. In the week up to Sunday there were 2,660 flu cases a day on average in hospital…
Multiple recent polls have found that economic anxiety in the U.S. is on the rise, and decades of KFF polling show how the rising cost of health care is a key component of people’s economic concerns. New data from the KFF Health Tracking Poll provide additional insights into who is struggling most in the current…
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Editorial Note: This brief was updated on December 11, 2025, to include the latest KFF polling data. It was originally published on December 14, 2021. For many years, KFF polling has found that the high cost of health care is a burden on U.S. families, and that health care costs factor into decisions about insurance…
Commercial health insurance markets remain highly concentrated across coverage types. However, the individual market, which consists mostly of the ACA Marketplaces, has attracted more insurers and witnessed greater insurer competition across a variety of measures since the implementation of the enhanced premium tax credits in 2021, according to a new Healthy System Tracker analysis. For…
Christian Fuller,South Eastand Mark Norman,South East health correspondent Mark Norman/BBC A pop-up vaccination clinic is available at The Bevy community pub in Brighton The NHS is offering flu jabs in an East Sussex pub as part of a campaign to get more people to have the vaccination. Across the county, 52% of eligible people have…
Getty Images The latest figures show Scotland has reached a high level of flu activity Pharmacies have warned that private stocks of flu vaccines are running low. It comes as lab-confirmed cases rose by 24% to 2,331 cases, from 1-7 December, compared with 1,875 the previous week. Hospital admissions for flu increased by 15% from…
Hazel Shearing,Education correspondentand Kate McGough,Education reporter Getty Images Some schools have had to bring back Covid-like measures to prevent the spread of flu, as rates of reported illnesses in schools and other educational settings are higher than this time last year. One primary school in Leeds said last week it had to cut back on…
Chloe Hayward,BBC Newsand Hugh Pym,Health editor BBC Paige, who has type 1 diabetes, came into hospital with flu and dangerously high sugar levels At England’s busiest emergency unit, all the beds are full by midday. As one patient leaves his room at Leicester Royal Infirmary’s acute unit, cleaning staff are waiting outside. He is barely…
Alison HoltSocial affairs editor BBC Keira Bell says she regrets taking puberty blocking drugs as a teenager Campaigner Keira Bell has told the BBC she believes the planned clinical trial of puberty blocking drugs for gender-questioning children is unethical and children “are essentially going to be harmed”. The Pathways trial, run by King’s College London…
