There are a few different types of antivirals for the flu, including: These can come in pill, liquid, inhalable powder, or intravenous forms. »MORE:Get an online treatment plan for your cold ...

WASHINGTON - Taking the prescription flu therapy Tamiflu not only treats influenza, but a pill a day during an outbreak can prevent the misery-inducing illness almost like a vaccine, the ...

AV5124 is an extremely effective inhibitor of influenza virus RNA processing that is potent against all tested influenza types including viruses resistant to neuraminidase inhibitors (Tamiflu ...

Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent ...

“There’s no magic pill for a viral infection like Influenza A,” Dr Gitau explains. “Management is largely symptomatic. We usually recommend antihistamines for runny noses, paracetamol for ...

(NEXSTAR) – The flu is spreading far and wide across the U.S. – and influenza A is largely to blame. Of all the flu tests reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 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 ...

Hilleman was born a year after the notorious 1918 influenza pandemic swept the world, killing 20 million to 100 million people. By 1957, when Hilleman began worrying about the egg supply ...