Influenza levels in the US are the highest they've been in 15 years amid winter weather and a second wave of the virus.
Covert, 19, never thought she could face the same fate. She got her flu shot yearly without question. But last ...
While the CDC says the risk of bird flu to the general public is still low, cases have been picking up speed in the past year ...
In February 2025, flu rates spiked to the highest levels seen in at least 15 years, with flu outpacing COVID-19 infections ...
People can also get infected when they come into close contact with ... including the bird flu." Health experts have long warned against consuming unpasteurized dairy products like raw milk ...
Since April, the CDC says nearly 70 people have been infected with bird ... People rarely get the bird flu, but if they do, it’s “most often through direct unprotected contact” — so ...
The good news is that influenza A — the strain predominantly circulating in Miami-Dade County and the rest of Florida — is one of three targeted by the 2024-2025 flu vaccine. The shot is trivalent, ...
An FDA vaccine advisory committee meeting to discuss next season’s flu vaccine has been canceled, potentially delaying the ...
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention randomly tested 150 veterinarians for H5N1, or bird flu, antibodies, which would indicate if they had a recent infection.
“They didn’t have free flu vaccines ... and it took about two weeks “before they were able to get access to seven avian flu tests, which wasn't going to be enough for all of those workers ...