The U.S. has seen earlier and more intense surges of the flu and RSV this year than is typical, pediatrician Dr. Ryan Fulton notes.

The US is in the throes an unusually intense and severe flu season, with hospitalization rates topping the levels seen with ...

While a pandemic is not inevitable, the spread of the bird flu virus, also known as H5N1, has surpassed worrisome milestones ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that flu cases in the United States this season are at their highest levels since the 2009–2010 swine flu. For the first time, the death rate for ...

East Tennessee State University researchers have examined the devastating effects of the 1918 Spanish flu in Appalachia, uncovering lessons that resonate in the wake of COVID-19.

Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting poultry and wild water birds, posing significant global challenges due to its high mortality rates and economic impacts. Highly ...

One recommendation includes being mindful of eye redness, which has been the predominant symptom among recent U.S. cases of avian influenza virus infection, federal health officials noted.

Several schools across the US have shut their doors due to soaring flu infections. Christian Heritage Academy in Rocky Mount, Virginia, closed its doors Thursday and Friday this week after one in ...

Watch for new respiratory symptoms as well as eye infection or redness for 10 days after the last exposure to the sick animals. If symptoms develop, get tested right away for influenza A and tell ...

Symptoms vary, depending on the type of bird flu virus that caused the infection. The H5N1 bird flu now circulating in the U.S. has caused mostly mild symptoms in the 67 people who've had known ...

"That concern also includes the potential for the mutation of the virus among healthy birds.... an infection in birds could be a precursor to a human flu pandemic. Regardless of how likely that is ...