The virus leads to an estimated 36,000 deaths in the United States each season — many of them so sudden that families are ...

Dubbed the Avian Flu Influenza Area Surveillance Testing or AFAST project, some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

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

Robert Redfield, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned that it is "not a question ...

One dose of the antiviral baloxavir marboxil lowers the chance of transmitting the influenza virus to family members by about ...

One dose of the antiviral baloxavir marboxil lowers the chance of transmitting the influenza virus to family members by about ...

This year's flu season has become the state's deadliest in nearly a decade, with at least 388 deaths so far. Meanwhile, flu ...

Outbreaks of bird flu and other viruses are rising fast. Here’s why it’s happening—and how you can stay informed, protected, ...

A multi-state study reveals that many high-risk adults diagnosed with influenza (flu) in emergency departments and urgent ...

The flu sickens millions of people in the U.S. every year, and the past year has been particularly tough. Although infections are trending downward, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...