COVID and the 1918 flu pandemic gave us playbooks on how to prepare for the next pandemic. But we aren’t using it.

Prior exposures to specific types of seasonal influenza viruses promote cross-reactive immunity against the H5N1 avian ...

The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the ...

Influenza levels in the US are the highest they've been in 15 years amid winter weather and a second wave of the virus.

Early flu exposure helps immunity against H5N1 infection, with older adults having stronger antibody responses.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday made recommendations to vaccine manufacturers for the virus strains to be ...

Older adults who were exposed to seasonal flu viruses that circulated prior to 1968 are more likely to have some protection against H5N1, and children would benefit more from H5N1 vaccines.

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

The CDC has issued interim effectiveness estimates for the 2024-2025 seasonal influenza and 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines.

No new human cases of avian influenza have been reported, and poultry infections are low so far in March. But infections in cats are continuing, and new research is raising concerns about the virus ...