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 ...

Carrie Johnson has revealed that she spent a week in hospital after suffering from flu and pneumonia, as England's emergency services battle with their 'busiest winter ever'. Sharing a snap of her ...

Over 200 snow geese found across Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania are suspected to have been killed by the bird flu, and experts are concerned the death toll could climb even higher as cases continue ...

Another brand of pet food sold exclusively at farmers markets in California tested positive for bird flu and is believed to have sickened five cats nearly a week after a similar incident was ...

The rise of bird flu across farms in California has raised questions about the virus and its potential threat to humans. While the threat to humans is currently small. Since April, there have been ...

Their words echo the sentiments of the Center for Disease Control, which has pushed for more bird flu testing among farm workers. In the midst of a transfer of power, Gottlieb and Borio are hoping ...

US President Joe Biden’s outgoing administration said on Friday that it will allocate US$306 million to bolster the nation’s bird flu response before president-elect Donald Trump takes office.

It is shaping up to be a significant flu season in San Diego County, with the latest weekly respiratory illness report documenting a local upswing in cases and patient volume that intensified in ...

Flu pandemics are rare, though, occurring roughly three times a century, Michael says. Perhaps the most notable is the so-called “Spanish flu” of 1918–1919, when the Centers for Disease ...

This season's wave of flu cases is arriving later than it has in the past two years. After the COVID-19 pandemic, annual waves of influenza during the colder months increased weeks earlier than ...

U.S. President Joe Biden's outgoing administration announced Friday that it will allocate $306 million to bolster the nation's bird flu response before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

The number of patients in hospital with flu has quadrupled in the last month, according to new NHS England data. There were 5,074 patients with flu in hospital on Sunday 29 December, up from 1,190 ...