The FDA is reviewing the first mRNA flu vaccine for adults 50 and older. Learn how this technology could lead to faster and ...

These findings point to a significant weakness in long-term flu immunity. H3 strains, including H3N2, remain a major cause of seasonal outbreaks, yet the older vaccine offered minimal defense against ...

Getting the flu jab “future proofs” against strains of the virus that emerge decades later, world-first research from the ...

More than 1,700 people died in Australia last year after getting the flu, making it the worst flu season on record. The flu ...

This season's influenza vaccine effectiveness rates against outpatient visits and hospitalizations may be lower than last season's, according to an interim CDC analysis. During the current flu season, ...

WE’VE BEEN COVERING THE RISE IN FLU CASES NATIONWIDE, AND NOW LOCAL DOCTORS TELL US THEY’RE FEELING THE IMPACTS. TO OUR REPORTER RACHAEL PERRY SPOKE WITH AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST ON THE FLU ...

A new Influenza A variant, "subclade K," is causing a rise in flu cases across the nation. Flu symptoms can include body aches, headache, and high fever, and are often more severe than a common cold.

Since it was first detected in the U.S. in 2014, H5N1 avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has jumped from wild birds to farm animals and then to people, causing more than 70 human cases in ...

Twice the number of Australians died of the flu in January than what is usually expected at this time of year, with a leading ...

Are seasonal flu antibodies also effective against avian flu? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has shown that a specific type of antibody associated with the former virus - already present ...