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

Thankfully, in 2025, the days of lockdowns and quarantines now seem a distant memory for many—even though the physical, ...

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

It’s not totally clear why flu is hitting so hard this year. One possibility is that it got off to a late start, so the ...

The Hunt for a Pandemic’s Origins Feature Timeline: Investigating the Origins of the 2009 Pandemic Infographic Infographic: How H1N1 Came to Spark a Pandemic in 2009 Infographic Fear Could Help ...

In the spring of 2009, the first flu pandemic in four decades began. Caused by an H1N1 virus that emerged from pigs, likely in Mexico, it spread quickly around the globe. The world got lucky in 2009.

In February 2025, flu rates spiked to the highest levels seen in at least 15 years, with flu outpacing COVID-19 infections ...

As cases of seasonal influenza surge, health officials are closely monitoring a growing threat—the potential fusion of human and bird flu strains.

In early 2020, as COVID-19 spread across the globe, Australia found itself scrambling. Protective equipment was in short supply, national stockpiles had dwindled, and the vaccine rollout lagged behind ...

The new data comes as the U.S. is now seeing signs of a slowdown in influenza, after a record wave that reached some of the worst levels since the 2009 swine flu pandemic.