Influenza, often called the flu, is a contagious respiratory illness that spreads every year around the world. It is caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and sometimes the lungs.

Vaccine effectiveness was 38 to 41 percent against influenza outpatient visits, 41 percent against flu-linked hospitalization for children younger than 18 years ...

Updates on issues of interest to the agricultural community and the public.

Influenza and RSV cases showed an increase in North Dakota while COVID-19 cases decreased at the beginning of March, according to data released by the North Dakota Department of Health and Human ...

The carnage began at Año Nuevo State Park, roughly 50 miles south of San Francisco, where a strain of H5N1 bird flu has ...

For the first time, confirmation of the deadly H5N1 virus has been detected in California's elephant seal population.

While it may seem as though wild bird migration has just ended, spring migration will be starting soon. As wild bird movement ...

A long-running debate in vaccine design revolves around whether a vaccine should be optimized to prevent the virus from ...

The threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), commonly referred to as ‘bird-flu’, has increased in the North Texas region, according to wildlife experts.

The CDC's interim VE analysis included data from 142,494 people in three surveillance networks. In outpatient settings, 26% to 32% of adults who tested positive for flu were vaccinated, compared with ...

“We are now living with a foreign animal disease that is endemic in North American wildlife,” he said. “It’s a foreign animal ...