This was also the first year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that deaths from flu surpassed deaths from COVID.

Washington state recorded 388 influenza-related deaths between late 2024 and early 2025. Here’s why this winter’s flu season was so severe.

In an editorial in the American Journal of Public Health, a team led by researchers from the CUNY Graduate School of Public ...

In an editorial in the American Journal of Public Health, a team led by researchers from the CUNY Graduate School of Public ...

With help from Cameron Whitehead, Pete & Gerry’s COO, we’ve identified and busted five bird flu myths to help you make an ...

Wisconsin hatcheries have sold out of chicks this spring because of the bird flu decimating hen populations and increasing egg prices.

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains tend to infect birds. But the potential for influenza A viruses that ...

Knowable Magazine answers questions about how dangerous bird flu is, where it came from, and what key events paved the way ...

The cold season is upon us, and it's time to start thinking about which shots to get to help protect against Covid-19, flu and RSV. STAT senior writer Helen Branswell has the rundown on the vaccines ...

Beta-blockers can treat a variety of conditions including diabetes. They might cause certain side effects such as headaches and fatigue. People with diabetes tend to develop heart disease or ...

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive contact. “Holy cow,” says Thomas Friedrich, a virologist at the Un ...

Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...