Why is the flu so bad this year? - Science Weekly podcast
by Presented by Hannah Devlin and produced by Max San from on (#3ETMN)
Hannah Devlin explores why 2018 is such a bumper year for seasonal flu and asks how scientists are trying to fight back
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Last week, Public Health England announced that this winter three times as many people have died from flu compared to the previous year. Australia saw a doubling in the number of deaths, and figures were also up in Europe and the US. But what is it about this year's seasonal flu that has proved so aggressive? How do outbreaks of seasonal flu differ from pandemics of the past? And how can science help us fight back?
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