With flu season in full swing, new statewide data reveals a recent spike in flu-related hospitalizations and emergency room ...

The U.S. has developed a bird flu vaccine that can be prepared when needed. It’s not currently available because health ...

Seasonal flu tends to spike from December to February. People who become infected tend to get a sore throat, cough, runny ...

Medical experts advise that people should get a vaccine for the bird flu when it becomes commercially available. One doctor ...

That could change if not enough people get their seasonal flu shot. The potential for danger lies in H5N1’s genetic pliability, according to Edwin Michael, PhD, an epidemiologist at the ...

Weekly flu cases tripled in Washington state over the course of December, with hospitalizations on the rise as well, ...

SEATTLE — Washington is seeing “very high” flu levels statewide, and the number of deaths linked to the virus is going up.

A lot of people are sick right now, and it might seem like an inevitability. See whether or not it’s too late to protect ...

“For example, if a human gets infected with a bird flu and also carries a human influenza A virus, these two viruses can ...

Yancey said it shouldn't take too long for a new vaccine to be created. "All we have to do is do this new strain, which is something that we do literally every flu season. Every flu season ...

Scientists have developed a vaccine that fights against bird flu. The first version was officially approved in the U.S. in 2007. But like the normal seasonal flu, bird flu changes over time ...