In a breakthrough for influenza research, scientists have discovered immune cells that can recognize influenza (flu) viruses ...

A university professor and two students recreated a virus identical to the one that caused the devastating 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. If they can do it, so can terrorists. “The Terrorism Warning ...

For a second time this season, the flu is surging, with at least 41 states reporting high or very high levels of the virus. Dr. Rabia de Latour, a gastroenterologist at NYU Langone Health ...

The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident has now been found in dairy cows. Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections.

DECEMBER AND FEBRUARY. I TOLD YOU, -- FLU A ON HIM. A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME DOWN WITH THE FLU COME TO PATIENT FIRST TO BE TESTED AND TREATED. WE’RE SEEING A LOT OF INFLUENZA AS WELL AS ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on pandemics since 2009 and is the ...

Cases of the flu viruses continue to surge across the U.S., placing a strain on health care systems and causing tens of millions of illnesses and thousands of deaths each year. Each flu season ...

Americans are in the throes of flu season in large swaths of the country. And it may get worse soon. The United States’ highest month for flu illnesses is usually February, according to the CDC.

Nearly 119,000 birds have been culled at a farm in California after a bird flu called H5N9 was detected among the poultry ...

Influenza A: More common at the beginning of the flu season (October–January). Influenza B: More prevalent towards the end of the season (February–April). Flu seasons vary each year ...

Last week, more than half of states – 27, to be exact – had “very high” flu activity, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s the CDC’s ...

More than 30% of tests came back positive for flu as of the week ending Feb. 1. Outpatient health care visits for flu illnesses are at their highest levels in 15 years, according to data updated ...