Health officials have reported 266 influenza-related pediatric deaths to the CDC for the 2024-25 season — the highest number of pediatric deaths in any non-H1N1 flu pandemic season since 2004. Ninety ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that all healthy people ages 6 months and older be vaccinated against ...

Studies suggest that people who had seasonal flus or vaccinations have low antibody levels against H5N1 bird flu.

Avian influenza virus from the ongoing outbreak in dairy cattle appears to be keeping its bird-infecting features rather than ...

HPAI is more than an animal health crisis: it is a global emergency destabilizing agriculture, food security, trade and ...

The HHS is betting $500 million on developing a universal flu vaccine that could protect against multiple flu strains.

Stephanie and Ian Campbell were "naive" about the impacts of Influenza B until their daughter was fighting for her life. They ...

Children hospitalized with RSV showed higher risk for ICU admission, IMV, and supplemental oxygen than children hospitalized with COVID-19 or influenza.

As seasonal influenza ramps up, and with bird flu continuing to circulate, some experts are worried there may be a strain on ...

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

My laboratory, along with others around the world, is working to understand how and why new influenza viruses may grip us again. To do so, we need to go far beyond human hospitals and into the ...

All influenza viruses bear two surface glycoproteins, a hemagglutinin and a neuraminidase, which are the antigens that define the particular strain of influenza.