Each year, seasonal flu sickens about 1 billion people worldwide and causes approximately 290,000 to 650,000 respiratory ...

Korea is grappling with a seasonal surge in type B influenza, with infection rates rising sharply among school-aged children ...

The flu has long been a threat to public health. The first recorded influenza pandemic occurred in 1518, but references to illnesses possibly caused by influenza stretch back as as early as 412 B ...

Nearly 400 Washingtonians have died from influenza since October, making the past year the state’s deadliest flu season in over ... infectious than influenza B viruses. The H3N2 strain ...

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 1940, a second strain of influenza virus was isolated; this was named influenza B and the first strain was named influenza A. During the Second World War, the first inactivated vaccine was ...

Flu season in South ... However, each year a combination of influenza seasonal strains circulate. These include influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, influenza A(H3N2) and influenza B/Victoria.

Recorded cases of influenza ... B – the strain more likely to cause severe disease in children – after very few confirmed cases last year. Influenza, more commonly known as the flu, is ...

Over 400 ostriches at Universal Ostrich were ordered culled over avian influenza fears. B.C. is the province that has been most affected by highly pathogenic avian flu. (Brady Strachan/CBC ...