You’ve likely noticed that some people get the flu while others don’t. Maybe you know someone who takes preventive measures to fend off the flu but still gets it, while others seem to go ...

You've heard them -- flu-sick sneezers and coughers at the office, day care, shopping mall, or grocery store. Avoiding the flu is no small matter. When someone sneezes or coughs in your midst, you ...

When the flu hits home and your partner or roommate becomes a flu-shedding germ-bag, many people resign themselves to getting sick. Although flu viruses are extremely contagious and tough to ...

(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 ...

Why do some people end up in bed feverish, hacking and sneezing for days from the flu — when others seem to never get sick? To answer that question, University of Michigan researchers did the ...

As many as 7.3 million people have fallen sick with the flu since the season began in October, the CDC reported Friday. An estimated 69,000 to 84,000 have been hospitalized.

The Flu Has Been Making People Sick for At Least 500 Years The 1918 flu pandemic gets all the headlines, but the malady is thought to have first appeared in the 16th century—and possibly earlier.

With flu season taking off, you might find yourself in a similar situation soon. Maybe someone seated near you looks sick. And maybe you’re wondering what to do about it — or if you can do ...

The flu shot helps protect against three or four strains of the seasonal flu virus, and most people should get the vaccine. But can you get it when you’re sick?

It's unclear how the Missouri patient was infected or how sick the virus made them. The person, who has not been identified, was hospitalized Aug. 22 and treated with an anti-viral medication ...

They found that a mutation that helped flu slip past the antibody blockade in one person had little effect against the antibodies from another. “It’s a remarkable finding that suggests that from the ...