NHS Launches Autumn Vaccine Blitz: New Flu Jab Targets Super-K Strain, RSV Rollout Expands

The NHS has kicked off its autumn vaccination campaign with a dual-pronged attack on respiratory threats: an updated flu vaccine targeting the "Super-K" strain that overwhelmed hospitals last winter, and a major expansion of the RSV programme to cover more at-risk adults.

The new flu jab, now being administered to schoolchildren and pregnant women, includes tweaks to better match the mutated subclade K virus that caused an unexpectedly early and severe flu season in 2025....