The CDC is ending its emergency response to bird flu, citing a significant drop in cases between February and July.

The use of the recombinant influenza vaccine can prevent a substantial number of influenza-related hospitalizations among adults in the United States who have chronic conditions.

They found that this strain, H2N2, was unlike any flu that humans were known to have encountered. When it reached the United States, no one would be immune.

The impact of the pandemic on the United States is sobering to contemplate: Some 670,000 Americans died. In 1918, medicine had barely become modern; some scientists still believed “miasma ...

Bird flu cases could rise as birds migrate north. But the sweeping cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services include workers focused on the virus.

The current bird flu outbreak in the United States, featuring primarily the H5N1 strain, was first detected in wild bird flocks in January 2022, and in commercial poultry operations and backyard ...

For the week ending Feb.1, the percentage of all outpatient visits made for flu-like symptoms was 7.76 percent. This is the highest level since the third week of the 2009/2010 season (7.72 percent).

The flu has been on the rise across the United States for four weeks in a row, according to the Walgreens Flu Index. Flu activity soared 52% for the week ending Jan. 18 over the previous week and ...

The United States is fighting a "quad-demic" this winter with four major viruses—COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and norovirus—with infants at particular risk, Dr. Ryan ...

Influenza levels in the United States are the highest they've been in 15 years as winter weather persists and the second wave of the virus causes more and more infections, according to the Centers ...

Schools across the United States are closing due to spikes in influenza and other seasonal illnesses. As the 2024–2025 flu season rages on with no peak yet in sight, some school systems are ...

TEXARKANA, Texas - The flu virus is still spiking across the United States. On the CDC's flu activity map, at least 41 states are shades of red which reflects high or very high activity, including ...