Increased capabilities for genomic surveillance have offered new insights into global viral evolution. Seasonal flu showed a 'remarkable' bounce back to pre-pandemic levels once international air ...

Respiratory syncytial virus and influenza activity are on the rise in parts of the country, particularly among young children, according to the CDC's latest respiratory virus updates. Overall, the ...

Did you get the flu last winter? If so, you were one of at least 34 million people in the United States who got sick during ...

Dying from any cause was high among older adults hospitalized for the flu, and that prevalence persisted up to 30 days after ...

Besides the most recent data, people can also see the county's case trends for flu and RSV going back to the 2002-03 season. "One thing I noticed is that each year for the past five years ...

Newly released data from the Southern Hemisphere, where flu season typically runs from April through September, suggests that this year’s flu vaccines offer 34% efficacy against hospitalization ...

Experts look at data from different countries at the start of the year. They see what three A and B influenza strains are most common and build the flu vaccine that comes out in the fall ...

If you do catch a cold or flu, a humidifier may still help ease coughing and congestion, though there is less data on how well this works compared to placebo or whether it can reduce the overall ...

Helen Branswell, STAT’s infectious disease reporter, has been writing about H5N1 bird flu for 20 years. If you’re aware of the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cattle — you may have seen ...

The CDC study provides the largest window to date into how the bird virus first detected in March in dairy cows may be ...

Bird flu has been spreading faster in the European Union this season than a milder 2023, raising concerns of a repeat of previous crises that led to the deaths of tens of millions of poultry and ...