Although influenza vaccination is the primary method for disease prevention, anti-influenza drugs can be used as an adjunct to vaccination as they can reduce the duration and potential ...

This season's influenza vaccine may have been a poor match to a strain of the flu virus that caused many infections this winter, early data released by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

A quarantine official disinfects an area near Seryang Reservoir in Hwasun, a town in South Korea's southwestern province of ...

Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., a major drug manufacturer based in Osaka, announced on Jan. 8 that it would suspend supplies of its generic version of anti-influenza drug Tamiflu. The company cited ...

As the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues, scientists are working to better understand the virus's threat to human ...

Avian influenza antigens of the H5 strain have been detected in a dead wild mammal in the first case reported in South Korea, the environment ministry said Tuesday. The bird flu antigens were detected ...

The health ministry says Oseltamivir accounts for roughly 25 percent of the entire nationwide supply of anti-influenza drugs. Some cases may bring serious complications. Shoji Takayo, at Shizuoka ...