In recent news appearances, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing ...

Recommendations on the strain composition of influenza virus vaccines for the 2025-2026 US season have been issued by FDA.

Despite variations by age group and influenza virus type, the 2023-2024 influenza vaccine was protective against outpatient illness in pediatric and adult patients.

A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.

The 1918 flu pandemic, also known as the Spanish flu, caught the world by surprise just as the First World War was coming to ...

Covid-19, Covid, or if you’re old-fashioned, coronavirus. Covid is an acronym for COronaVIrus Disease. The ‘19’ bit refers to ...

In January, scientists behind the Doomsday Clock cited this effect (along with the proliferation of high-containment ...

A small but growing number of house cats have gotten sick from H5N1, the bird flu strain driving the current U.S. outbreak, after eating raw food or drinking unpasteurized milk. Though there are no ...

In two recent interviews on Fox News, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed concerns about H5N1 avian influenza in the U.S., raising alarm among public health and infectious disease experts.

Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...

One age group are more likely to have antibodies that bind to the H5N1 avian flu virus, new research has found.