South Africa’s influenza season has started. While most people recover fully from flu after a week or two without the need for any special treatment, this viral condition can cause serious illness, ...

In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately. Young, old, sick and otherwise-healthy people all became infected — at ...

Scientists right here in Buffalo are behind a major breakthrough in the fight against avian flu. Local leaders are excited ...

Preventing a pandemic means early detection of bird flu strains — surveillance of viral spread and influenza infections in ...

Jyvaskylavirus is detailed in a study recently published in eLife, and named for Jyväskylä, the Finnish city where it was ...

This year's flu season has become Washington state's deadliest in nearly a decade, totaling at least 388 deaths so far.

A recent study has revealed that a single genetic change in a strain of the highly pathogenic H5 influenza virus could ...

New research from the Cleveland Clinic found higher rates of the flu in vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated. As the ...

The flu sickens millions of people in the U.S. every year, and the past year has been particularly tough. Although infections ...

The study’s results indicated the cumulative incidence of influenza – or the number of new cases divided by the total number ...

Types A and B are the most harmful to humans and cause seasonal flu epidemics; in the Northern Hemisphere, flu season ...