Health Report

What to expect this flu season

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Which flu strains are likely to be dominant this flu season - and what's the story with the new nasal spray vaccine?

Speaking of sprays ... there's a simple saline spray that might help kids with sleep apnoea avoid surgery.

And a treatment for enlarged prostate that doesn't involve going under the knife.

Plus, a new review finds vaping is likely to cause certain types of cancer.

References:

  • The carcinogenicity of e-cigarettes: a qualitative risk assessment
  • Cost-Effectiveness of Oral Immunotherapy Treatments vs No Treatment for Peanut Allergy in Children
  • Annual Immunisation Coverage Report 2025
  • Vaping likely to cause cancer, new Australian review of evidence finds (ABC News)
  • Influenza (flu) vaccine - Department of Health
  • Influenza immunisation resources - National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance
  • Historic 1994 influenza vaccine cohorts define breadth of antibody and B cell responses toward future influenza A and B viruses
  • Lab Notes: Super-K flu is here … but it's not our biggest problem
  • Intranasal Treatments for Children With Sleep-Disordered Breathing: The MIST+ Randomized Clinical Trial
  • Prostate artery Embolisation Assessment of Safety and feasibilitY (P-EASY): a potential alternative to long-term medical therapy for benign prostate hyperplasia
  • The ‘Prostate Embolisation AS first-line therapY compAred to meDication in treatment naïVe men with prostAte eNlargement, a randomised ControllEd trial’ (P-EASY ADVANCE): a randomised controlled trial of prostate embolisation vs medication for BPH
  • Prostate artery EmbolisAtion Safety and efficacY: Preliminary and foLlow-Up urodynamic Studies (P-EASY PLUS)

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