If we avert our eyes from the bird flu threat because our systems have grown inattentive, underfunded and unprepared, we risk ...

This article was originally published on May 22, 2024, and is being republished by The Independent as the UK grapples with a “tidal wave” of illness this flu season When a Texan farm worker caught ...

Anyone with cold or flu symptoms should wear a mask in public places, a top health leader has warned. Daniel Elkeles, chief executive of NHS Providers, says the current warm and wet weather is the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There may be relief of fewer COVID-19 cases, but now, there are growing cases of influenza. "It's uncommon this late in the season to see flu numbers actually rising," said Emergency ...

A rapidly spreading strain of a deadly influenza—now widely referred to as the “super flu”—is prompting school closures, new hospital restrictions, and rising pandemic concern as infection rates climb ...

As millions of Americans hit the road or take to the skies for the holidays, another seasonal traveler is picking up speed: influenza.

A fast-spreading mutated flu strain is pushing US infections past epidemic levels, raising fears of a severe winter season as ...