As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At ...

The flu vaccine is generally about 40% effective at completely preventing influenza, according to Blumberg. The flu vaccine ...

Flu is taking off in the U.S., with 40 states reporting high or very high levels of flu-like illness last week ...

More Americans are getting infected with seasonal influenza and seeking care, a regular occurrence this time of year.

“For example, if a human gets infected with a bird flu and also carries a human influenza A virus, these two viruses can ...

Some of the highest levels of influenza are now in Western states, several of which have already topped the peaks recorded during the worst of last winter's flu season. In Oregon, the CDC's data ...

In terms of daily prevention, avoid close contact with people who are sick, cover your coughs and sneezes, wash your hands ...

So yeah, we are certainly in flu season now,” said Alicia Budd, an epidemiologist in CDC’s Influenza Division. At least nine children have died from influenza this season. LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS ...

As of early December, only 41% of adults in the U.S. had received the seasonal flu vaccine, the CDC has reported. The effectiveness of the current flu shot is average against the strains in ...

Flu season might soon be dubbed “sick season” as a cocktail of respiratory viruses, including influenza ... according to the CDC. Still, Judith O’Donnell, MD, section chief of Infectious ...