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Barnsley flu epidemic (1978)

Genre

News report; Interview

Jim Heald, Assistant Director of Barnsley Social Services, on flu epidemic at an old people’s home. Interviewer not identified.

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Ocean Sound This Week No.39: Programme 39 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 39 Programme 39 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 19 July 1987. Presented by MATT HOPPER. TRACK...

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Flu epidemic hits London (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

Hospitals in London have been close to admitting emergency cases only all day because of the flu epidemic which is currently sweeping the capital. David Piper now reports on the problem of finding room...

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President Bush has common flu (1992)

Genre

Press conference

Following President Bush’s collapse during a visit to Japan, White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater says the President is not in danger but just has common flu.

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President Bush has recovered from flu (1992)

Genre

Press conference

US President George Bush tells reporters that he has recovered after contracting flu and collapsing during his visit to Japan. He indicates that his demanding schedule did not contribute to his collapse.

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Drugs being overprescribed for colds and flu (1994)

Genre

Interview

Ian Jones discusses his Audit Commission report which says doctors are unnecessarily prescribing drugs for everyday colds and flu. He says more selective prescriptions will result in better care for patients...

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Pub landlady blamed for flu virus outbreak (1989)

Genre

Interview

A pub landlady from South Wales is being blamed for starting the recent flu epidemic. Lesley Lewis was one of the first to catch the virus, and her doctor one of the first to report it. She has received...

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Flu epidemic sweeps the country (1989)

Genre

Interview

Health authorities are now officially saying that Britain is suffering from a flu epidemic, and are warning that thousands of elderly and chronically sick people are at risk. The number of people...

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Diseases from outer space (1977)

Genre

Interview

Interview with astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle on his theory that diseases come from outer space with comets, based on strange statistics of flu epidemics. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Tony Tucker).

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Barbara Bush laughs off husband’s health scare (1992)

Genre

Press conference

Barbara Bush laughs off her husband, US President George Bush’s collapse at a state banquet in Tokyo. She suggests that he did not have the flu - rather, he and the US ambassador had overdone the tennis,...

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