Apr. 22, 2025 — A multi-state study reveals that many high-risk adults diagnosed with influenza (flu) in emergency departments and urgent care centers are not receiving timely antiviral treatment.

but references to illnesses possibly caused by influenza stretch back as as early as 412 B.C., to a treatise called Of the Epidemics by the Greek physician Hippocrates. Today, the World Health ...

This includes the way that they cause illness. The flu is caused by the influenza virus. There are two main types—influenza A and influenza B—as well as numerous strains that develop seasonally as the ...

The companies reported mixed results in their phase 3 trial of their mRNA vaccine, which includes antigens for influenza A and B, as well as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, and have ...

Baloxavir marboxil (baloxavir) rapidly reduces influenza virus shedding, which suggests that it may reduce transmission. Studies of treatment with neuraminidase inhibitors have not shown ...

Next-Generation Influenza B Vaccines Provide Broad and Long-Lasting Protection Against Flu Viruses in Preclinical Tests Oct. 31, 2023 — Recent preclinical results indicate novel next-generation ...

In 2025, the southern hemisphere vaccines are quadrivalent vaccines, with two influenza A strains and two influenza B strains. The five available in New Zealand are Influvac Tetra, Flucelvax Quad, ...

While some groups are turning to mRNA to bundle up to 20 versions of the haemagglutinin (HA) antigens of type A and B influenza viruses together, trying to reproduce the success of the technology ...

Professor Lawler said so far in 2025, there had been a higher proportion of influenza B cases than seen at this time in recent years, particularly in school-aged children and young adults.