As we get deeper into flu season, a new type of the influenza virus has been identified, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

The flu season has started a few weeks earlier than in previous years. Japan, for instance has been recording an unusually ...

Flu cases are jumping up, according to the latest surveillance report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

A new flu strain is spreading nationwide, and Central Texas doctors warn cases could climb even higher as holiday travel and ...

This week is National Influenza Vaccination Week, and the American Lung Association today announced a campaign urging everyone six months and older to get their annual flu shot, following one of the ...

Despite a relatively slow start to the flu season, U.S. schools are preparing for an increase in absences and sick children as a new variant gains momentum. The flu vaccine for the ...

STAT's Alex Hogan has what you to know about subclade K, the new flu variant, on this week's episode of STATus Report.

UPPER MICHIGAN (WLUC) - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is reporting influenza activity. Health experts ...

The Ministry of Health reported that a six-year-old boy, who had been generally healthy and vaccinated against influenza, ...

ANSWER: Both colds and influenza (the “flu”) are respiratory illnesses that are caused by viruses. Influenza is caused specifically by the influenza viruses, which come in two main types (A and B).

The flu illness is triggered by influenza viruses, which enter the body through droplets and then infect cells. Researchers ...