What you need to know about bird flu. Public health experts are closely watching avian influenza, which has affected chickens ...
Does it feel like you know a lot of people fighting the flu virus this winter? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
The flu is spreading far and wide across the U.S. – and influenza A is largely to blame. Of all the flu tests reported to the ...
It's flu season, but not all influenza is the same. If you're feeling sick, it helps to know the difference between flu A and ...
In response to a recent bird flu outbreak, New York has shut down all live poultry markets in the city and three nearby counties. Governor Kathy Hochul announced this temporary closure to allow for ...
Adult and pediatric patients who received 2023-2024 influenza vaccines exhibited reduced risk for influenza-associated encounters across care settings.
It's an unusual winter for respiratory illnesses. The flu is peaking twice: once in early January and again in February.
Illinois is seeing a "notable increase" in hospital admissions for flu cases, according to state health officials, as levels of respiratory viruses continue to tick up. But which type of flu is ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — Influenza or flu virus remains infectious in refrigerated raw milk for up to five days, according to a new study. The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a ...
The isolation of influenza virus 80 years ago in 1933 very quickly led to the development of the first generation of live-attenuated vaccines. The first inactivated influenza vaccine was ...
Influenza is a common disease that occurs in yearly epidemics throughout the world. Although the majority of infected individuals will exhibit a self-limited acute febrile illness or remain ...
Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...