During eight respiratory illness seasons, estimated influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) against death in US children was 80% ...

While vaccine access and coverage will mostly hold this year, that's not good enough ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. NEW YORK — U.S. flu infections surged over the holidays, and health officials are calling it a severe season that ...

Every winter, respiratory viruses, especially influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and RSV, put huge pressure on health care systems throughout Europe. In a typical season, flu causes up to 50 million symptomatic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. A severe and early flu surge this winter, driven by a dangerous ...

Flu cases in the U.K. are already triple what they were at this time last year. Here Andreas Philippi (l), Lower Saxony's minister for social affairs, labor, health and equality, gives the flu vaccine ...

Swine flu (H1N1) and seasonal flu share many symptoms, making them difficult to distinguish. An internal medicine expert ...

"For healthy people, having the flu means a few days of feeling miserable, but for young children, pregnant women, the elderly and those with underlying health conditions, it can ...

Flu season is off to a slow start, but local infectious disease experts expect it to pick up in the coming weeks and months. So what’s with all the sneezing and coughing going around in recent weeks?

It seems that everybody knows someone who caught the flu over the holidays, as reported cases of Influenza A began to rise in November and spiked over the holiday season. As much as 95% of these ...