What to expect this flu season

Which flu strains are likely to be dominant this flu season - and what's the story with the new nasal spray vaccine?

Speaking of sprays ... there's a simple saline spray that might help kids with sleep apnoea avoid surgery.

And a treatment for enlarged prostate that doesn't involve going under the knife.

Plus, a new review finds vaping is likely to cause certain types of cancer.

References:

• The carcinogenicity of e-cigarettes: a qualitative risk assessment
• Cost-Effectiveness of Oral Immunotherapy Treatments vs No Treatment for Peanut Allergy in Children
• Annual Immunisation Coverage Report 2025
• Vaping likely to cause cancer, new Australian review of evidence finds (ABC News)
• Influenza (flu) vaccine - Department of Health
• Influenza immunisation resources - National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance
• Historic 1994 influenza vaccine cohorts define breadth of antibody and B cell responses toward future influenza A and B viruses
• Lab Notes: Super-K flu is here … but it's not our biggest problem
• Intranasal Treatments for Children With Sleep-Disordered Breathing: The MIST+ Randomized Clinical Trial
• Prostate artery Embolisation Assessment of Safety and feasibilitY (P-EASY): a potential alternative to long-term medical therapy for benign prostate hyperplasia
• The ‘Prostate Embolisation AS first-line therapY compAred to meDication in treatment naïVe men with prostAte eNlargement, a randomised ControllEd trial’ (P-EASY ADVANCE): a randomised controlled trial of prostate embolisation vs medication for BPH
• Prostate artery EmbolisAtion Safety and efficacY: Preliminary and foLlow-Up urodynamic Studies (P-EASY PLUS)