What’s the difference between flu A vs. flu B? The two most common and most severe flu strains are type A and type B, according to the CDC.Of the data collected so far this season, 96.6% of flu ...

Seasonal flu causes 290,000–650,000 deaths annually. Vaccines and most antivirals target viral surface proteins, which mutate rapidly each season, so protection wanes and effectiveness drops.

Flu A tends to cause more ear infections than flu B, but type B is associated with more seizures, vomiting and diarrhea, said Dr. Sherif Mossad, an infectious disease doctor at the Cleveland Clinic.

G Herbo Hospitalized with Flu: 'New Strand Ain't No Joke' | Prayers go out to G Herbo, battling the flu, which landed him in the hospital.

Riggs said this strand of bird or avian flu can live in water for over 100 days. It's passed on to ducks or geese that don't get sick from the flu strand, but it gets passed on to poultry that does.

Mia Klyczek began seizing and her brain swelled from Flu B GoFundMe A 9-year-old girl from Buffalo, N.Y., has died from complications from the flu, which landed her in the hospital in critical ...

While the flu is a mainstay of every winter, Type B Flu is a less common strand, accounting for only 25% of flu cases, according to experts. No strand of flu is commonly a death sentence unless ...

What’s the difference between flu A vs. flu B? The two most common — and most severe — flu strains are A and B, the CDC says. Type A is known to cause more severe illness.

G Herbo’s warning shouldn’t only be taken seriously because he has been hospitalized, but also, due to the data backing up his call to action to heed the threat level of this year’s flu season.

It's flu season right now, and the U.S. is in the midst of a wave that's straining hospitals.But not all influenza is the same. There are some notable differences between flu A and flu B strains.

It’s the ultimate needle in a haystack. A minuscule strand of avian flu RNA in a scoop of mud and bird droppings is helping B.C. virus detectives track how avian flu is spreading through wild ...