In response to this season’s high flu activity and the ongoing avian flu outbreaks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised clinicians and laboratories to conduct subtype ...

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

Q: What is avian influenza? Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, is a viral infection that primarily affects birds but ...

Despite nationwide alarm over bird flu, which is a subtype of the Influenza A virus, the CDC currently reports that the threat to the public remains low. There have also been no human-to-human ...

Most flu cases appear to be from influenza A strains, with a split between influenza A/H3N2 and influenza A/H1N1. These are ...

Two more Kentucky children have died from influenza this season, the Kentucky Department of Public Health reported Monday, ...

Not long after the first flu shot was introduced in 1945 by University of Michigan virologist Thomas Francis and his ...

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

Meanwhile, laboratories processing human samples in England are now required to report ten additional pathogens: Middle East ...

Bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has been circulating across North America since 2022, infecting birds, livestock, wildlife ...

I think there are some states that are responsive, but it’s really been somewhat piecemeal…It leaves room for us to not ...