COVID and the 1918 flu pandemic gave us playbooks on how to prepare for the next pandemic. But we aren’t using it.

Influenza levels in the US are the highest they've been in 15 years amid winter weather and a second wave of the virus.

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The government's response to the coronavirus fueled vaccine skepticism and backlash to public health mandates. New strategies ...

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Even as the caseload of illnesses across Delhi-NCR has increased over the last two weeks, doctors say the signs of flu—runny ...

This flu season has been a difficult one. Not only are a lot of people getting sick, but more people are getting very sick ...

Not long after the first flu shot was introduced in 1945 by University of Michigan virologist Thomas Francis and his ...

Swine flu is caused by a virus, which affects pigs. It is highly contagious and spreads through air and solid surfaces.

Pandemics are not necessarily once-in-a-lifetime events. We already saw in 2009 a swine flu pandemic that killed up to half a million people globally. H5N1 bird flu continues to spread in poultry ...

This strain causes severe bronchitis with excessive coughing, requiring nebulizers, inhalers, or oral steroids for relief, ...

Swine Flu' Strain Has Passed from Humans to Swine Nearly 400 Times Since 2009 July 27, 2023 — A new study of the strain of influenza A responsible for the 2009 H1N1 pandemic -- pdm09 -- shows ...