Flu infections are the highest they’ve been in nearly 30 years, and flu deaths this winter have surpassed COVID deaths.

Currently, influenza A is dominant, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “You tend to have one or the other virus predominant at any given time,” said Anice ...

The flu virus is changing in ways never seen before, increasing infections and raising concerns about vaccine effectiveness and public health risks.

prompting some to worry influenza might even help the rapidly spreading bird flu virus to become more infectious among humans. In Massachusetts, the latest numbers show that more than 10 percent ...

Out of 150 participating veterinary practitioners across the country, three had antibodies indicating recent infection with Type A H5N1 bird flu, based on blood samples collected in September 2024 ...

The veterinary practitioners never reported respiratory or influenza symptoms. Blood samples showed evidence of past bird flu infections in veterinarians despite the doctors never reporting ...