The current US flu season is one of the most severe in over a decade, with over 19,000 deaths including 68 children.

Despite variations by age group and influenza virus type, the 2023-2024 influenza vaccine was protective against outpatient illness in pediatric and adult patients.

Dr. Lynn Fitzgibbons hasn’t seen a flu season this bad at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital since the pre-COVID-19 era.

Recommendations on the strain composition of influenza virus vaccines for the 2025-2026 US season have been issued by FDA.

One of the vaccines for a specific strain of an avian virus could come from a research lab on the campus of South Dakota ...

The Erie County SPCA has been helping take care of a female bald eagle with a broken toe and the bird flu. ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. ...

WEDNESDAY, March 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A controversial proposal from U.S Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert ...

USDA is rolling out its biosecurity cost-share program to combat avian influenza. The agency will provide voluntary audits to ...

Though not as prominent in the news, the avian influenza is still with us and spreading from birds to cattle, and even to ...

You should see a doctor promptly if your cough is accompanied by fevers, chills, night sweats, coughing up blood, shortness ...

Cat owners should monitor their pets for symptoms including fever, lethargy, low appetite, eye inflammation, breathing ...

I am personally against coming down with any sort of afflictions, which is why I wash my hands, get my yearly flu shots and ...