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EXPERTS have called for a return of social distancing as cases of the flu surge across the UK this Christmas. Even those with symptoms of a mild cold should consider self-isolating in case they carry a virus which could be fatal to those most vulnerable, health specialists warn. Family gatherings should also be avoided as well as wearing masks and social distancing - all to avoid passing on the horror bug, experts told MailOnline. Professor Paul Hunter from the University of East Anglia said: "If you are ill with flu you should stay away from other people for the first three days and preferably for the first week. "This is especially important if they are elderly or suffer from medical conditions that make them more at risk." For many people, having the flu will feel like an exaggerated cold. read more in health The NHS states that flu symptoms can come on very quickly. They include: A sudden high temperature An aching body Feeling tired or exhausted A dry cough A sore throat A headache Difficulty sleeping Loss of appetite Diarrhoea or tummy pain Feeling sick and being sick The dry cough could be similar to the cough experienced by people who have contracted coronavirus . Most read in Health The NHS states that the symptoms are similar for children, but they can also get pain in their ear and appear less active. The health service offers a free flu jab to those most at risk of getting the virus, so if you qualify then you can get it free anywhere that offers it. In line with JCVI advice, those eligible for a flu vaccine this year include: From October 3: Those aged 65 years and over Those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups (as defined by the Green Book) Those at serious risk, including those with a BMI over 40, diabetes, heart and breathing conditions Those in long-stay residential care homes Carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person Close contacts of immunocompromised individuals Frontline workers in a social care setting without an employer-led occupational health scheme - including those working for a registered residential care or nursing home, registered domiciliary care providers, voluntary managed hospice providers Those who receive direct payments (personal budgets) or Personal Health budgets, such as Personal Assistants. From September 1: Pregnant women All children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2024 Primary school-aged children (from Reception to Year 6) Secondary school-aged children (from Year 7 to Year 11) All children in clinical risk groups aged from 6 months to less than 18 years Those eligible for an autumn Covid booster are: Residents in a care home for older adults All adults aged 65 years and over Persons aged 6 months to 64 years in a clinical risk group, as defined in the Green Book, including pregnant women Frontline health and social care workers and staff in care homes for older adults Those eligible for an RSV vaccine are: Pregnant people from 28 weeks onwards People aged 75 to 79 his can be at your doctor's surgery as well as supermarket pharmacies like Asda and high street favourites like Boots . If you're not in the eligible groups entitled to a free vaccination listed below, you can pay for a flu jab at certain stores. All children aged two and three All children in primary and all children in school Years seven to 11 in secondary school Children aged six months to 17 years with certain long-term health conditions Those aged six months to under 65 years in clinical risk group Pregnant women Those aged 65 years and over Unpaid carers Close contacts of immunocompromised individuals Frontline health and adult social care staff The latest data shows a high flu burden within the NHS with almost 3,000 Brits in England hospitalised as of the end of last week with the virus. Over 150 of those are considered to be in a critical condition. In comparison, there were just 700 total hospitalisations at the same time last year. And experts also warn that the worst could be coming with there being a surge in illness brought on from socialising over the holiday season and New Year. Earlier this month, an average of 1,861 flu patients were in hospital every day, up from 1,099 the previous week - 3.5 times higher than the same time last year. Health chiefs pleaded with Brits to get vaccinated immediately if eligible to avoid “festive flu" before it was "too late". Professor Sir Stephen Powis, boss of NHS England, said: "The tidal wave of flu cases and other seasonal viruses hitting hospitals is really concerning for patients and for the NHS - the figures are adding to our 'quad-demic' worries." READ MORE SUN STORIES He added: "With one week left to book your vaccine, I cannot stress enough the importance of getting booked in to protect yourself against serious illness and to avoid 'festive flu.'" Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting , said: "With A&Es facing record demand, we are continuing to encourage people to protect themselves, their family, and the NHS by getting vaccinated before it’s too late.” Isabel Shaw , health reporter, put nine well-known cold and flu remedies to the test when she was struck down with the lurgy. Over a week, she tested products that targeted all symptoms associated with cold and flu, as well as treatments that only aimed to get rid of specific issues. These included: Hot honey and lemon Steam inhalation and Vicks Vaporub Echinacea Chicken soup A spicy curry Beechams All-in-One Oral Solution Strepsils Lemsip Max Sudafed Blocked Nose Spray She took into account pain reduction, and how quickly and for how long they worked. Read her full verdicts here .Why grading Byron Murphy’s rookie season with Seahawks isn’t easy
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By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MATTHEW BROWN Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way — a phenomenon known as “ mine subsidence ” that poses a threat to people and property. That’s what searchers in Westmoreland County, just southeast of Pittsburgh, fear led to the disappearance of 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard . Pollard and a young granddaughter were looking for a lost cat when she went missing Monday evening. At about the same time, a sinkhole appeared roughly 20 feet (6 meters) from where she had parked her car, in an area above an old coal mine. The granddaughter was found safe inside the car hours later, while the difficult and potentially dangerous search for Pollard continues. Mine subsidence has caused billions of dollars in damage in areas of the U.S. where mining once took place. In Pennsylvania alone, coal was mined in nearly half of the state’s 67 counties and there are at least 5,000 abandoned underground mines, leaving behind hazards that officials say can arise at any time. The Marguerite Mine that authorities believe resulted in the sinkhole was last operated in 1952 by the H.C. Frick Coke Co., according to the state Department of Environmental Protection. The coal seam in the area is about 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the surface. The state Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation will examine the scene when the search concludes to see if the sinkhole was indeed caused by mine subsidence, spokesperson Neil Shader said. There are as many as 500,000 abandoned mines in the U.S. — far outnumbering those that are still active, according to the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. Related Articles National News | Dog food recalled in 7 states for salmonella risk after puppy litter gets sick, FDA says National News | White House says at least 8 US telecom firms, dozens of nations impacted by China hacking campaign National News | A shooter kills UnitedHealthcare’s CEO in an ambush in New York, police say National News | After 1 year, Medicaid expansion in North Carolina nears its enrollment goal National News | Powell: Fed’s independence from politics is vital to its interest rate decisions In many cases their owners simply walked away from coal or precious metals mines when they became uneconomical to operate and declared bankruptcy, leaving behind safety hazards and costly pollution cleanups that public agencies must handle. Old mines pose myriad dangers , with 381 people killed and 152 injured at abandoned mine sites nationwide between 2000 and 2013, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Victims can fall into hidden shafts, get lost in underground tunnels or perish from poisonous gases present in many old coal mines. Mine shafts can extend hundreds of feet beneath the surface and often are unmarked. State and federal agencies have sealed off many old mines. But more are discovered every year and officials have yet to conduct basic risk analyses on most of the abandoned mines on federal land. Besides the safety hazards, millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals flows daily from contaminated mine sites without being treated. Rubinkam reported form northeastern Pennsylvania and Brown reported from Billings, Montana.
It took a long time, but Victorian MP Georgie Purcell speaks openly about her past. As a former stripper, and now an advocate for sex workers’ rights in Victoria and nationwide, she knows firsthand just how harmful stigmas and stereotypes around sex work can be. Purcell also knows firsthand the power of normalising the conversation about sex work. And since recent legislation in Belgium granting sex workers greater labour rights came into effect, she hopes it will make a difference in Australia. “I was absolutely stoked to see the news coming out of Belgium,” Purcell told . “I think it’s a really good example of how, when we normalise sex work and treat is as any other job, we can make progress.” Legal experts and advocates for sex work say that Belgium has set a strong standard for other countries to follow in terms of employment rights. But what is holding progress back the most around the world – especially in Australia – is discrimination against sex workers. While sex work has been decriminalised in most states and territories in Australia, the “hangover” of criminalisation means sex workers continue to be discriminated against and treated differently to any other worker in any other industry. “We don’t criticise other people who use their bodies for labour, such as construction workers or tradies, and that’s exactly what sex workers are doing,” Purcell says. “And they deserve to have the same rights as any other worker around the country.” What happened in Belgium? On Sunday, new laws came into effect that will grant sex workers in Belgium a raft of labour rights they previously were not entitled to. Sex work in Belgium has been legal since it was decriminalised in 2022, but employees in the industry lacked several labour rights that other industries have access to. Under the new legislation, sex workers will be eligible to sign formal employment contracts, which will give them access to benefits such as health insurance, paid leave, maternity benefits, unemployment support and pensions. There will also be stricter rules for employers in the industry to follow, including working hours, pay and implementing safety measures like clean linens, condoms, hygiene products and emergency buttons in workspaces. Isabelle Jaramillo is the coordinator of Espace P and was heavily involved in the advocacy and drafting of the laws. Speaking to the , she described the legislation as an “incredible step forward”. “It means their profession can finally be recognised as legitimate by the Belgian state,” Jaramillo said. “From the employer’s perspective, this will also be a revolution. They’ll have to apply for a state authorisation to hire sex workers. “Under the previous legislation, hiring someone for sex work automatically made you a pimp, even if the arrangement was consensual. Now, they’ll have to apply for state authorisation to hire employees.” Emily Smith is a Senior Lawyer at Southside Justice, a free legal service for people on low incomes in Melbourne’s south. As far as she knows, the legislation in Belgium confers “unprecedented workplace and social protections to sex workers”. But how effective this legislation will be in breaking down stigmas and stereotypes depends on how the law is socialised and enforced. “Though, Belgium is setting a great example of sex work being treated like any other industry when it comes to worker entitlements and protections,” Smith says. What about in Australia? Sex work has been decriminalised in NSW, the Northern Territory, Victoria and Queensland. In the ACT, sex work is legal but regulated, while in Western Australia and Tasmania, it is partially criminalised. Sex work is fully criminalised in South Australia. Most sex workers in Australia work as sole traders or as independent contractors – similar to professions like GPs and personal trainers. As Mish Pony, the CEO of Scarlet Alliance (the Australian Sex Workers Association) explains, legislation mirroring Belgium’s new laws wouldn’t necessarily translate to the Australian sex work context. “Independent contractors in Australia generally don’t have access to sick leave, annual leave, maternity leave, unfair dismissal,” Pony says, “but they generally still have access to work health and safety protections and some industrial protections. “There have been recent reforms that allow independent contractors to take unfair contract terms to the Fair Work Commission which is a good step to improving the rights of independent contractors.” But these steps, while important and progressive, don’t mark the end of the line for progress. Emily Smith from Southside Justice said there is still an “imbalance of power” between sex service premises owners/operators/managers and individual sex workers. “Sex workers are rarely employees, and instead told they are independent contractors for which no employee entitlements or protections are afforded,” Smith said. “Sham contracting can be challenged in a federal court, but sex workers need access to timely legal assistance in order to do so.” Meanwhile, Georgie Purcell MP in the Victorian parliament, alongside other crossbenchers and independents, is still fighting for better rights and working conditions for sex workers. Despite Victoria decriminalising sex work in 2022, Purcell says the rollout of this has been limited, with many sex workers finding themselves with “no where to turn” if they feel unsafe at work, or unsure of their working rights. “Decriminalisation is simply not enough,” Purcell says. “It’s a good starting point, and we’ve done that here in Victoria, but for the most part, it can still be an insecure job, and it can be an unsafe job. “I think any change in legislation in the space of sex work that improves their safety and their right to work is a really good thing, because it not only protects them, but it introduces a conversation into the pubic domain, and we know that the more this is spoken about, the more normalised it is. “I’m really frustrated by the conversation in the Victorian parliament, because it seems for many politicians, this conversation either makes them uncomfortable or they’re opposed to it.” Emily Smith from Southside Justice describes this opposition and discomfort around the sex work industry as a “hangover” from criminalisation, which was overturned in Victoria only in the last couple of years. “Sex workers in Victoria continue to experience a hangover from criminalisation of stigma, prejudice and discrimination in the community and in public services preventing full and safe accessibility,” Smith said. ‘Sex workers are ordinary people’ In October this year, a sex worker in Melbourne was from her home after a flyer alerting neighbours of her line of work resulted in a complaint to the council, a subsequent investigation, and a termination of her rental agreement with her landlord. It’s not just housing insecurity sex workers face – in many cases, their lives are at risk. Yet stigma and stereotypes result in serious injustice for women killed in the sex work industry. Last month, 24-year-old Xiaozheng Lin to plead guilty to two charges of manslaughter, just one month before he was supposed to face a double-murder trial. He is charged with the deaths of Yuqi Luo, 31, and Hyun Sook Jeon, 51 – two sex workers he killed within days of one another. Purcell says cases like these serve not just as a “warning sign” about the dangers of stigmas, but as “an indication that we can and must do better”. “By introducing regular working rights and regular working conditions that most other workers already have access to, it helps to show sex work for what it really is – it’s like any other job,” Purcell says. “Sex workers are just ordinary people. Someone you know and someone you love is or was a sex worker.”
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WORCESTER – It took a couple of overtime periods, but Oliver Ames is back on top for the third straight season. Senior captain Jackson Mercieri delivered the lone goal as he hit home the game-winner in the 102nd minute during the second overtime period to lift No. 3 Oliver Ames over No. 4 Hingham in the Div. 2 state boys soccer final at Worcester State University on Saturday. “All joking aside, I’d like to thank the Lord for keeping (our kids) safe and healthy all year because we were very thin at times,” said Oliver Ames coach John Barata. “So, I do thank God that we were healthy and that he was able to help navigate this season, which was a very long season.” With Hingham (19-3-1) turning its offensive pressure up during the end of regulation and the overtime periods, Oliver Ames (18-2-2) used a timeout to collect itself after a near game-ender by Hingham’s Aadam Healey. After that timeout, the Tigers pushed the ball up field and Mercieri was able to finish it off before heading towards the Oliver Ames fans to celebrate. “I just said, ‘Let’s finish this damn thing. Let’s stick to the game plan to get the ball to Jackson,’ ” Barata said about what he told his team during the timeout. “We’ve been here. (Hingham) is nervous as hell. You can tell because they settled with four guys back the whole game. So, they kind of helped us. ... We didn’t want to go to PKs.” Over the first 80 minutes, there were only two shots on net before each team traded shots on goal in the second overtime period. “It’s the winning culture,” said Mercieri about being part of a three-peat. “It’s what we strive for. We keep ourselves to such high standards that we want to have nothing less. We want nothing less than to win every single game we play. We just believe in the bottom of our hearts. We just believe. It’s just the culture we have and it’s in the blood of OA.”
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What is the Federal Reserve for, exactly, besides bailouts?James Jones the Chicago Bears' clock management on their final play and decide whether Caleb Williams, Matt Eberflus (who was just fired) or other players are to blame. The Bears lost 23-20 to the Detroit Lions and dropped to 4-8. The Chicago Bears wasted no time to firing Matt Eberflus as head coach following a head-scratching loss to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day, and the moments after the game could explain why the move was made by the franchise. After rookie quarterback Caleb Williams was sacked with 30 seconds remaining in Lions territory, needing a field goal to force overtime, the clock ran down as the offense tried to line up and the ball remained unsnapped until several ticks were left. Williams heaved a pass to D.J. Moore, but it fell on the turf and the Lions won the game despite the Bears' second-half comeback efforts. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus looks on during a game between the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving Day in Detroit, Michigan USA, on Thursday, November 28, 2024. (Amy Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images) What made it head-scratching was the fact that Eberflus had one timeout remaining in his pocket, yet he never used it despite Williams clearly not moving fast enough to get the play going. After the game, ESPN reported that team president and CEO Kevin Warren hung around the locker room longer than normal. "We need to be better," Warren said to players. BEARS CEO ADMITS TO MISHANDLING MATT EBERFLUS' FIRING: ‘I’LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO RAISE MY HAND' But even more telling about Eberflus's future with the franchise was his post-game speech in the locker room, which was a "s--- show," according to one player, per ESPN. Eberflus began speaking to the team after the game, but he was cut off by star cornerback Jaylon Johnson, who laid into his fellow Bears. "There was frustration," Johnson told WSCR radio in Chicago on Monday. "There was words from myself that I expressed just from my frustration from losing. "Part of what I said after the game was I've been losing for five years. I feel like a high-level player like myself, after a certain point, losing games how we've been losing games, somebody has to express something. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing, and it went the way it went." Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus on the sidelines during the second half against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. (David Reginek-Imagn Images) Eberflus reportedly walked out of the room after speaking for just "seconds," according to ESPN. And the vibe was the room was categorized as "contentious." One player told ESPN that, while Eberflus' intentions were always in the right place, his message about fighting hard and coming up short was becoming repetitive. "You only want to hear it so much," Cole Kmet said. "Coach is going to say what he's going to say." In the end, Eberflus became the first Bears head coach in franchise history to be fired mid-season, and he did so with a 5-19 record in one-score games — the worst mark in NFL history with at least 20 games. That included the tipped Hail Mary against the Washington Commanders that landed in Noah Brown's hands, while Bears cornerback Tyrique Stevenson was taunting fans in the stands during the play. Eberflus' job status was talked about then, and the bad endings to games since ultimately led to a decision to move on from the Bears. Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus talks to the media after an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears in Detroit, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The Bears turned to Thomas Brown as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X , and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter . Scott Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
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