The Puerto Rico Department of Health declared an influenza epidemic Thursday, with at least 900 hospitalizations and 25,900 cases recorded since flu season began in July. It’s the first flu ...

Flu season usually ramps up in winter in the U.S. But this year, health officials said the country “crossed the epidemic threshold” for the flu in early November.

Interactions between flu subtypes predict epidemic severity more than virus evolution Date: February 13, 2024 Source: eLife Summary: Researchers have shed new light on how viral evolution ...

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Masaio Ishizuka, a senior epidemiologist at the Sao Paulo University, said evidence suggests migratory birds have now ...

A sharp epidemic of influenza occurred in early October, 1957, at Great Lakes, Illinois. Although the vaccine evaluations were initiated on July 1, only the men entering the study between August ...

While many may believe the days of pandemics are behind us, a new bird flu epidemic could threaten that assumption, leading to more economic turbulence.. Why It Matters. Americans received three ...