But the coronavirus causes COVID, while the influenza virus causes the flu. COVID also spreads faster than the flu and remains contagious for longer periods. Both illnesses cause symptoms such ...

Because the virus evolves each year, annual vaccination is recommended to protect people at risk of developing severe influenza, who are also those at risk of severe COVID-19 infection.

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

Hatty Willmoth is a Newsweek food and nutrition reporter based in London, U.K. She has covered special diets, gut health and functional medicine extensively. Hatty joined Newsweek in 2024 from the ...

Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the ...

RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, usually causes mild symptoms ... Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, a medical epidemiologist in CDC’s Influenza Division, previously told USA TODAY.

The influenza activity map shows 43 jursidictions ... likely less often − would be touching a surface or object the virus lands on and then touching the mouth, nose or even the eyes immediately ...

Here's what we know about the flu this season: Influenza A — or flu A — are the influenza virus types responsible for most human illness and the flu season, according to the CDC. Current ...

the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the viruses that cause the common cold, COVID-19 and influenza. It’s important to know the differences regarding these four seasonal diseases, including their ...

Cases of influenza, RSV, COVID-19 and norovirus are surging at the same time Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and Reader's Digest.