The flu, caused by the influenza virus, is highly contagious but common. While most people recover on their own with some ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

Experts are warning Canberrans to get a flu jab as influenza rates surge in the capital. Lanie Tindale reports that the ACT has not seen an increase in cases this early in the year for a very long ...

A nanoparticle-based vaccine candidate for H5N1 avian influenza achieved 100% protection in preclinical trials, offering hope ...

Under direction of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC is considering changes to its recommendations on vaccines ...

Although the rate of increase appears to be falling, new outbreaks of avian influenza in commercial poultry have been ...

The five available in New Zealand are Influvac Tetra, Flucelvax Quad, Fluad Quad, FluQuadri, and Afluria Quad. Drug-buying ...

A decade of data shows that switching to a recombinant flu vaccine could prevent up to 10,000 hospitalizations per year in ...

Lead researcher and CEO of POP Biotechnologies, Dr. Jonathan Lovell, is based at the University at Buffalo. Dr. Lovell said ...

While most people recover fully from flu after a week or two without the need for any special treatment, this viral condition ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.