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The winter vomiting bug is highly contagious and causes vomiting and diarrhoea (Photo: Shutterstock)

6 key norovirus symptoms to look for as cases of sickness bug surge

PHE has warned of a surge in norovirus outbreaks in the coming months (Photo: Shutterstock)

Symptoms of norovirus as vomiting bug warning issued ahead of schools return

Scenes today at a vaccination centre

Let's get all over-40s double jabbed by freedom day, says top PHE scientist

Covid jabs are highly effective against Indian variant, a study has found

Studies have already shown that both vaccines are highly effective at stopping people getting sick and ending up in hospital (Photo: Victoria Jones - Pool / Getty Images)

New Public Health England study suggests single dose of Covid vaccine ‘cuts tra...

Just one in five Britons are requesting a covid-19 test after experiencing symptoms (Getty Images)

Nearly half of people with Covid-19 symptoms are failing to self-isolate, study ...

Is your area among the worst affected? (Photo: Getty Images)

These are the 15 areas in England with the highest Covid infection rates right n...

Face masks and social distancing could still be needed ‘for a few years’ - according to an immunisation expert (Photo: Shutterstock)

Face masks and social distancing could still be needed ‘for a few years’ - accor...

Six people in the UK have tested positive for the Covid variant (Getty Images)

Everything we know about the Brazil Covid variant - after 6 UK people tested pos...

A further 1.7 million people were advised by the Government to shield earlier this month, with hundreds of thousand now invited to receive a Covid vaccination (Photo: Shutterstock)

600,000 more people who were shielding have been invited for a Covid vaccine

If further data confirms the findings, the 10 day self-isolation period may have to be extended (Photo: Shutterstock)

The UK Covid variant could stay in the body longer - and self-isolation times ma...

Infection rates have fallen across all age groups and regions. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Coronavirus infections are now highest among 30 to 39 year olds in England

The daily testing of secondary school pupils and staff in England has been temporarily paused, due to concerns over the new variant (Photo: Shutterstock)

Daily Covid tests for secondary school pupils and staff in England have been pau...

Here's how long coronavirus immunity lasts - and if it's safe to mix with other ...

Covid cases are falling in all age groups except over 80s - the regions where ra...

Supermarkets are not the most likely place to catch coronavirus - recent claims ...

People with learning disabilities are up to 6 times more likely to die from coro...

UCLan made more than 35,000 face masks for staff and students

UCLan Covid-cases reach double figures- but well below the rest of the region

This is how many coronavirus cases have been confirmed in each area of Burnley in the last week

This is how many coronavirus cases have been confirmed in each area of Burnley i...

Public Health England data shows 4,895 women in Lancashire did not have a midwife appointment within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy in 2018-19

Thousands of mums-to-be in Lancashire are missing out on vital maternity care

These are the areas in Burnley that have recorded a spike in new cases of coronavirus in the last week

These are the areas in Burnley that have recorded a spike in new cases of corona...

These are the areas in Pendle that have recorded a spike in new cases of coronavirus in the last week

These are the areas in Pendle that have recorded a spike in new cases of coronav...

Birmingham is now an “area of enhanced support” (Photo: Getty Images)

New towns and cities have been added to the UK lockdown watchlist - here it is i...

Blackburn with Darwen currently has the highest coronavirus infection rates in England (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the 15 areas in England with the worst coronavirus infection rates rig...

Leicester is the worst affected area in England by coroanvirus (Photo: Getty Images)

Here’s the latest data on coronavirus cases across England - from the most affec...

Here's how the NHS Covid-19 antibody test works and which shops are selling thei...

A fake news video about coronavirus deaths is being shared on WhatsApp - here’s ...

Public Health England data shows that in Lancashire, 655 people were admitted to hospital with liver disease caused by excessive alcohol intake in 2018-19

Booze fuelled illness on the rise in Lancashire

Sarah Johnson, a midwife at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, has been appointed to work for Public Health England as a Physical Activity Clinical Champion.

Burnley midwife's 'clinical champion' appointment will see her help deliver vita...

A quarter of adults are being prescribed addictive drugs - these are the ones to...

A quarter of adults are being prescribed addictive drugs - these are the ones to...

Supposed 'healthy' baby foods are actually among the highest for sugar content (Photo: Shutterstock)

Feeding your kids so-called 'healthy snacks' is no better than giving them sweet...

A total of 33,848 schoolchildren in Lancashire missed out on their flu vaccination

Huge numbers of Lancashire children are missing out on a crucial vaccination

Is October time to stop?

Stoptober TV ads to encourage smokers to use e-cigarettes

E-cigarettes: help or harm?

Smokers should be told of little evidence on benefits or harms of e-cigarettes

The lessons will help build "crucial life-skills for young people"

School pupils given strategies to help develop life skills

Cases of meningitis and blood poisoning caused by a highly virulent strain of Men W bacteria increased from 22 cases in England in 2009/10 to 210 in 2015/16.

Vaccination warning for new students after surge in meningitis cases

A major UK supermarket could have infected thousands of people with a strain of hepatitis E through its pork sausages

'Supermarket X' could have given thousands with hepatitis through infected sausa...

The "five in one" vaccine offered to babies is to be replaced with a "six in one" immunisation for babies born from today

Babies to be offered new 'six in one' jab

Students are being urged to get vaccinated before they return to university

NW students urged to get Meningitis vaccine after surge in cases

Hospitals reported 20 outbreaks of norovirus in the first two weeks of December

Vomiting bug Norovirus cases at highest level for five years

Experts have issued advice on how to stop the spread of Norovirus

'Winter vomiting bug' warning issued to residents in North West

Lancashires super fosterersJos and George Hindle have opened their hearts and hometo 241 youngsters

Overnight news digest - Lancashire couple foster 241 youngsters, pensioner kille...

Winter vomiting bug is coming

Scarlet Fever

Parents warned over Scarlet Fever outbreak

EXPOSURE: The H1N1 virus under the microscope

Lancashire residents urged to '˜be alert' over Swine Flu

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