In the 20th century, the NIH documented three pandemics caused by mutations of the influenza A virus — the 1918 Spanish influenza, (H1N1), the 1957 influenza pandemic in southeast Asia (H2N2 ...

The strain of bird flu that infected a Michigan dairy worker in May 2024 is capable of airborne transmission, according to new research from the CDC.

The CDC has classified this flu season as one of high severity across all age groups, the first such classification since 2017-2018. Flu activity continues to hit new peaks, spreading across the ...

A former leader of anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense is set to present on flu vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal at a CDC vaccine advisory panel meeting later this week, CNN ...

For most people, the flu presents a few days of feeling miserable. For others, including very young children and older adults, the flu can be more dangerous.

A highly transmissible new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, aka "Nimbus," is spreading in the United States, CDC data show.

Earlier this year, ABC15 reported on cases of avian flu at Hickman's. At that point, the farm said it had lost more than one million egg-laying hens (20% of its flock) at one of its farms due to ...

A third case of Avian Influenza has been detected at a commercial farm in Maricopa County. On Monday, the Arizona Department of Agriculture announced poultry tested positive for the bird flu.

The adjusted incidence of transmission of influenza virus by day 5 that resulted in symptoms was 5.8% with baloxavir and 7.6% with placebo, but this difference was not significant (adjusted OR 0. ...

A new COVID variant called NB.1.8.1, aka Nimbus, is spreading in the U.S. and causing an incredibly painful sore throat, ...