#9 Cold Vs Flu - What's the difference?

Cold Vs Flu Every year we see news headlines about an impending flu outbreak, thankfully it's for this seasonal illness to reach pandemic levels, but it is true that yearly outbreaks do kill people. It's also true that we can help to protect ourselves from the risk and we need to get better at recognising the symptoms of this potentially serious viral infection so we can protect ourselves and those around us. A good place to start is understanding the differences between the flu and a cold. In this episode we'll hear from doctors, nurses and an epidemiologist to help us understand the differences between the cold and flu, and what we can do about either if we're unlucky enough to become unwell. Guests Dr Anna Lamont | Associate Medical Director, NHS 24 John Sandbach | Interim Head of Clinical Systems, NHS 24 Dr Jim McMenamin | Interim Clinical Director, Health Protection Scotland Any questions or feedback? Get in touch with us via social media at

You can listen to #9 Cold Vs Flu - What's the difference? online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

#9 Cold Vs Flu - What's the difference? is an episode from Talking 24 by NHS 24.

This episode is 00:19:54 long.

This episode was published on Nov 26, 2019.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Talking 24 when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.