More Americans are getting infected with seasonal influenza and seeking care, a regular occurrence this time of year.
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At ...
Seasonal influenza vaccines triggered protective immune responses against the H5N1 avian influenza virus primarily in younger ...
Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious ...
“For example, if a human gets infected with a bird flu and also carries a human influenza A virus, these two viruses can ...
In Japan, you’d have to say yes. AFP reports that the country saw its biggest flu outbreak in 25 years at the end of December ...
While the latest state report shows the first significant decrease in flu cases since the peak, the numbers are still higher ...
The flu vaccine is generally about 40% effective at completely preventing influenza, according to Blumberg. The flu vaccine ...
Seasonal flu tends to spike from December to February. People who become infected tend to get a sore throat, cough, runny ...