Every August, primary care doctors stock their clinics with influenza vaccines and start reminding patients to get their annual shot. We usually tell patients, “The flu vaccine can reduce your risk of ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Laura holds a Master's in ...

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode the genome of the virus responsible for the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic ...

Scientists have engineered a monoclonal antibody that can protect mice from a lethal dose of influenza A, a new study shows. The new molecule combines the specificity of a mature flu fighter with the ...

In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately. Young, old, sick and otherwise-healthy people all became infected — at ...

The flu sickens millions of people in the U.S. every year, and the past year has been particularly tough. Although infections are trending downward, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ...

Australia is reporting high numbers of influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and pertussis infections well ahead of winter, with concerns that declining vaccination rates could contribute to a ...

For years, internet users have shared a rumor about U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claiming that vaccines caused the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic known as the Spanish flu. One ...

One family in Bristol, Tennessee, lost four daughters – all between the ages of 18 months and 14 years – during the Spanish influenza that began in 1918. The small community of Clintwood, Virginia, ...

(Reuters) -Australian biopharmaceutical company CSL said on Tuesday that falling immunisation rates in the U.S., its largest market, weighed on its vaccine sales and first-half profit growth, sending ...