A multi-state study reveals that many high-risk adults diagnosed with influenza (flu) in emergency departments and urgent care centers are not receiving timely antiviral treatment. Researchers found ...

Outbreaks of bird flu and other viruses are rising fast. Here’s why it’s happening—and how you can stay informed, protected, ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada is part of the federal health portfolio. Our activities focus on protecting against threats to public health, preventing and reducing diseases and injury, and ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

Death is 'a reality we must face', wrote Pope Francis in a homily released during his hospitalization at Gemelli. 'It is a ...

Flu can be particularly dangerous for people with heart conditions increasing the risk of severe complications like heart ...

Pope Francis passed away at 88 due to complications from bilateral pneumonia, a severe lung infection affecting both lungs.

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

Clinical trials have shown that the RSV vaccine reduces symptoms by around 80 per cent, significantly lowering the risk of ...

A team led by researchers say public ignorance and apathy towards bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI) could pose a serious obstacle to containing the virus and preventing a ...

In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately.

A UB study found that the vaccine platform, proven effective for COVID-19, could be key in responding to evolving bird flu ...