2026-08-19 - Flu wards set up, elective surgery cancelled as hospital admissions surge and 9 more stories
This episode includes 10 news blocks. Influenza A is hitting the health system hard. A report into the fatal landslide in January says information identifying a risk to life was received, filed, discussed, forwarded - and then left. It comes after Trump moved to "substantially reduce" US participation in military drills with South Korea, citing his "very good relationship" with North Korea's leader. New rules coming into effect in September introduce new circumstances under which some individua…