Cold and flu season is in full swing as four major respiratory viruses circulate the country. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 15 states have "very high ...

AVIAN INFLUENZA OR BIRD FLU IS NOW CONSIDERED WIDESPREAD HERE ... CHIEF INFECTION CONTROL OFFICER AT TUFTS MEDICINE, AND DOCTOR JEROME. THANKS FOR JOINING US. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS VIRUS RARELY ...

an associate professor of infectious diseases at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. The C.D.C. estimates that there have been at least 12 million flu infections so far ...

an infectious diseases expert at the University of Chicago Medicine. While she called it a “watch and wait” situation, Landon doesn’t foresee this bird flu outbreak becoming a global health emergency.

“Flu makes you feel very crummy, and so a day less is certainly better than a day more,” says Dr. Helen Chu, a professor of medicine, allergy, and infectious diseases at the University of ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory Thursday urging health-care workers treating patients hospitalized with the flu to perform an additional test for bird flu within ...

A human case of bird flu has been found in England, health officials have said. The virus was detected in a person in the West Midlands region who is said to have been infected while on a farm ...

Americans are in the throes of flu season in large swaths of the country. In California, influenza activity continues to be high, the California Department of Public Health reports. RSV activity ...

Between 500 and 1,000 suspected cases of H5N1, also called avian flu, have been reported in Massachusetts birds. Sharing scientific data is important to track the outbreak. Just as Massachusetts ...

Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United ...

Costco recalled a Kirkland Signature brand cold and flu medication due to potential contamination. Kirkland Signature Severe Cold & Flu Plus Congestion capsules were affected. The contaminated ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- At least 63,000 people have been hospitalized and close to 3,000 people have died from flu so far this flu season. Cases are only continuing to rise. The latest data from the ...