As you'll have read in the news lately, there has been an increased number of flu cases in Scotland this winter. The good news is that there is still time to get a vaccination. Analysis shows that so far in Scotland these is a mixture of the “standard” seasonal influenza strain and also the now-labelled “Australian Flu” strain. Australia had almost 250,000 cases of flu in 2017, with a high number of fatalities. Australian flu is of particular danger to the elderly and pregnan