The United States is in the grip of an aggressive winter flu season, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) having recently reported a surge in visits to doctors on a scale not ...

Study authors evaluated the performance of symptom-based definitions to detect influenza in a cohort of pregnant women in India, Peru, and Thailand. Findings in the Pregnancy and Influenza ...

The number of people getting sick with influenza B has gone up for three weeks straight, now making up about a third of flu cases nationwide.

We've all heard of "the flu" but when it comes to types, subtypes and variants, influenza can get a bit complicated. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly ...

(NEXSTAR) – The flu is spreading far and wide across the U.S. – and influenza A is largely to blame. Of all the flu tests reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since the start of ...

What’s the difference between influenza A and influenza B, and does it matter which you catch? By Knvul Sheikh Each fall and winter, the flu emerges as a formidable force, spreading through the ...

Influenza A causes a cough, fever, and nasal congestion. You can avoid spreading the virus by staying home for at least 24 hours after the fever goes away. Most cases resolve within two weeks with ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses are circulating among wild birds and poultry in British Columbia, Canada. 1 These viruses are also recognized to cause illness in humans. Here, we ...

The flu virus is no joke. The 2019-2020 flu season left 38 million people sick with the influenza virus, which resulted in 18 million visits to a health care provider, 400,000 hospitalizations, and 22 ...