With so much H5N1 circulating in the U.S., scientists worry we are a few mutations away from a potential human pandemic.
With winter on its way in New Zealand, an immunologist is warning there could be higher levels of influenza going around in the months ahead, and is suggesting a ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued conditional approval for a bird flu vaccine for use in chickens. There have ...
While federal policy changes create uncertainty, the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health said this week said the virus is “not an active risk” to humans in Illinois because no ...
Eggs have been crucial to vaccine production for decades. Bettmann/Getty Images Alexandra M. Lord, Smithsonian Institution In recent months, Americans ...
A new study says the flu A viral strain can adapt shape to stay infectious. Infectious disease doctors break down what this ...
The U.S. is experiencing one of the most intense flu seasons for years, with millions of people thought to have been infected ...
Pittsburgh’s flu cases are rising toward a second peak this season with more than 1,000 cases reported over the course of a ...
The US is dealing with an unusually intense influenza outbreak that has infected between 29 and 51 million people and hospitalized up to 820,000 since October. It's one of the worst flu seasons in 15 ...
Of the viruses within the “quad-demic,” norovirus is the only one that cannot be vaccinated against. It’s more commonly known ...
Widespread funding cuts across the government and new restrictions on funding for National Institutes of Health grants have ...
Delays in CDC analyses of infectious disease threats and agency silence will harm Americans, doctors and ...