The flu is a contagious viral infection of the respiratory system that affects the nose, throat and lungs. It is caused by influenza viruses. Symptoms of mild flu infections can resemble those of the ...

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 ...

Petersen said the state Legislature provided an ag emergency account of $4 million to help deal with avian influenza, and that account is down to between $1 million to $2 million, depending on how ...

This was also the first year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that deaths from flu surpassed deaths from COVID.

Avian influenza infections in the US have been rising over the past year, but there’s no evidence so far that people can ...

A 3-year-old girl from Durango, Mexico, has died from H5N1 Bird Flu, according to the World Health Organization. The child ...

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive ...

The European Commission has approved a series of measures proposed by Poland to contain the spread of bird flu, the Polish ...

Scientists have pioneered an influenza virus vector-based nasal spray vaccine platform and developed a nasal spray H5N1 avian influenza vaccine. During the early COVID-19 pandemic, this platform ...

Kennedy Jr. falsely claiming that vaccines caused the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic known as the Spanish flu. One Facebook ...

A charity has called for flu vaccines to be reinstated for 50 to 64-year-olds after the worst flu death season in over four ...