PHE

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

Flu jab

Record number of over 65s in Wigan had flu jabs last winter

Scenes today at a vaccination centre

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

Older children are more likely to have walking and cycling accidents

Hundreds of child accident victims hospitalised a year in Wigan

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

Coun Debbie Parkinson who is still struggling with the after effects of Covid

'Don't suffer in silence': Wigan long Covid sufferer urges people to get help

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... Helen Johnson

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...

Prof Kate Ardern, Wigan Council director of public health

Wigan public health boss says nurseries should stay open

The Covid-19 test centre on Chapel Lane in Wigan

Coronavirus test positivity soars in Wigan

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...

Covid-19

Cause for optimism as data shows falling Covid-19 case rates in Wigan

The 15 areas in and around Wigan with the most confirmed Covid-19 cases last week

The 15 areas in and around Wigan with the most confirmed Covid-19 cases last wee...

The entrance to a coronavirus test centre in Wigan

Wigan coronavirus cases increase by 19 over weekend

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... Claire Schofield

Blackburn with Darwen Council have imposed local restrictions (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Blackburn now has highest Covid-19 infection rate in England

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...

Other towns and cities could follow Leicester into local lockdown

Fears that other towns and cities could follow Leicester into local lockdown

Health Secretary Matt Hancock

Covid-19 testing increases with new ‘walk through’ testing sites

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

Ambulances outside Wigan Infirmary

Ambulance union’s anger at PPE supply

Prof Kate Ardern

A mixed picture of how we care for dementia patients in Wigan

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

One third of Wigan children start primary school suffer from tooth decay

One third of young Wigan children suffer from tooth decay, figures show

More testing must be done

'UK has capacity to process tens of thousands more tests for coronavirus and mus...

Andy Burnham

GM Mayor calls for an end to ALL non-essential work in midst of Covid-19 pandemi...

Fire crews

Residents told to stay away after underground fire

One in six adults in Wigan was prescribed highly addictive opioid painkillers

Wigan's hidden opioid crisis is revealed

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...

Wigan nursery cleared of wrongdoing after tot was hospitalised with infection

Little Angels nursery in Golborne

Wigan nursery cleared of wrongdoing after tot was hospitalised with infection

A juvenile male resting on a tree

'No need to worry' after two-year-old boy bitten by bat

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...

Around 3,000 women last year booked in for maternity care in the borough

Call for change to Wigan’s antenatal and newborn screening services

King Street West is in danger of going over the pollution limit next year

Wigan's air pollution health hazard - shock report

Flu jab statistics revealed

This is how many borough hospital staff have not had a flu jab

It is usually caught from the bite or scratch from an infected animal

What is rabies?

Morocco

Briton dies from rabies contracted while in Morocco

The Heart Age Test, developed by experts

Adults urged to check heart attack and stroke risk online

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt makes a statement to MPs in the House of Commons

Lives may have been cut short by breast cancer screening failure - Hunt

A rash which looks like sunburn and feels like sandpaper

Warning for parents as scarlet fever cases hit level 'not seen since 1982'

Is October time to stop?

Stoptober TV ads to encourage smokers to use e-cigarettes

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