{"id":813841,"date":"2026-10-25T22:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T22:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/813841\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T22:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T22:28:16","slug":"potential-for-a-significant-flu-season-says-public-health-iom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/813841\/","title":{"rendered":"Potential for a &#8216;significant&#8217; flu season, says Public Health IOM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/348055-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Amid warnings of it arriving early in the UK\n        <\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s potential for a &#8216;significant&#8217; flu season this year, according to Public Health.<\/p>\n<p>It comes amid warnings in the UK of &#8216;ominous&#8217; signs of it arriving early and the summer heatwaves leading to a more challenging winter.<\/p>\n<p>Here on the Island, levels are still considered to be within the normal range.<\/p>\n<p>However, consultant at Public Health Isle of Man Dr Ross Keat says there are signs things could get worse:<\/p>\n<p>AUDIO IN AMY&#8217;S EDITED<\/p>\n<p>If you or a loved one are experiencing flu-type symptoms, you can find advice and guidance from the NHS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/flu\/\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/flu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Picture credit: Adobe Stock<\/p>\n<p>                    More from Isle of Man News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amid warnings of it arriving early in the UK There&#8217;s potential for a &#8216;significant&#8217; flu season this year,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[96,758,59,102,755,756,757,128,50,759,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-813841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-entertainment","tag-fun","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-isle-of-man","tag-manx","tag-manx-news","tag-music","tag-news","tag-presenters","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}