The UK is facing a long, drawn-out flu season, the boss of the NHS in England is warning. Sir Jim Mackey said there is "no doubt" this winter will be one of the toughest the health service has faced.

Everyone knows that the fall brings flu season, replete with aches, pains and a new version of the vaccine. But why is cold weather synonymous with this virus? Virologist and William & Mary Associate Professor of Biology Kurt Williamson recently talked with W&M News on the science behind this pathogen and hypotheses for why infections have a seasonal spike.

Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) report encouraging results from an early phase clinical trial that found an experimental intranasal vaccine triggered a broad immune response against multiple strains of H5N1 "bird flu.

Among children younger than 3 years, a 2-dose regimen of the inactivated influenza vaccine demonstrated significant protection.

SUMMIT, N.J., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Seqirus, a global leader in influenza prevention, today announced the publication of new real-world evidence (RWE) on the company’s MF59 (R) adjuvanted, trivalent influenza vaccine (aTIV) in the peer-reviewed ...

Three different illnesses are on the rise as winter looms. R-S-V, COVID-19, and influenza are all increasing in caseloads across our region. The South Bend Medical Foundation said the rising number of COVID and flu cases are now affecting their blood ...

A high-quality, well-fitting mask is your best protection against infection from the coronavirus, influenza and R.S.V. By Dana G. Smith Masks are back, and, this time, they’re not just for Covid-19. A “tripledemic” of the coronavirus, influenza and ...

(Reuters Health) - - People with heart failure who get flu shots may be less likely to die prematurely than their counterparts who don't get vaccinated, a Danish study suggests. Researchers followed more than 134,000 patients with heart failure between ...