Doctors have issued an urgent call for pregnant women and young children to be vaccinated against influenza this April as ...

The World Health Organisation says seasonal flu causes 3-5 million cases of severe illness and between 250,000 and 500,000 deaths every year, with the elderly and under-5s most vulnerable.

It’s difficult to predict what this year’s flu season is going to be like. But it’s a good time to start thinking about ...

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive ...

In recent news appearances, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing ...

Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems might be primed to fend off a worse case, research finds.

Swine flu (H1N1) cases in India are rising sharply, with over 20,414 infections and 347 deaths reported as of December 2024. Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Rajasthan are the ...

EUROPE has been rocked by fresh tuberculosis (TB) fears after child cases jump by 10 per cent within a year. Global health chiefs warn that TB, dubbed the 'world’s deadliest infection', is ...

Vermont has the second lowest state fatality rate in the US (146.4 per 100K; Hawaii 112.8/100K). Mississippi (463.3/100K) and ...

PLAY. RIGHT NOW, WE TURN TO FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT AND VARIOUS ACTIVITY FALLING FAST AND VIRUS ACTIVITY FALLING FAST IN MASSACHUSETTS. NEW STATE DATA SHOWS A SHARP DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF ...

Ibitoye is a visiting fellow at the Brown University Pandemic Center. Nuzzo is director of the Pandemic Center and professor of epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health.

New York has suffered through more than 432,700 flu cases in the 2024-25 season so far, shattering prior record-high peaks. But flu cases have declined 60% over the past month, suggesting New York ...