In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to continue creating novel pandemic viruses in apparent defiance of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump calling for a crackdown on the ...

For parents of school-aged children, the fall to-do list can seem ever-growing. Buy school supplies. Fill out endless school forms. Block off parent-teacher nights. Do the kids’ tennis shoes still fit ...

LONDON—The British have famously strict etiquette for queuing. Dare cut in line here and you’ll quickly be met with scorn, or at least a tut. But there is one place where forming a single line has ...

After months of intense training and finally crossing the finish line, you find yourself sick after running a marathon. Whether it’s stomach upset or flu-like symptoms, it’s normal to feel sick after ...

It struck fast, killed without mercy, and left bodies stacked in the streets. Yet today, the Spanish Flu barely exists in public memory These places will be hit by big waves and flooding as Hurricane ...

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 ...

Britain’s Online Safety Act is out of control, posing big problems for social media platforms. Toby Young, a member of Britain’s House of Lords, is the founder and director of the Free Speech Union.

The FluMist Home vaccine will simply be the home version of the FluMist influenza vaccine that Tia Mowry is seen getting here. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for FluMist Quadrivalent) These ...

Flu season is quickly approaching, and national pharmacy chains like Walgreens and CVS Pharmacy have begun offering this year's flu shots. The flu causes tens of thousands of deaths across the U.S.

CHICAGO -- For the first time, many people in the United States who want to protect themselves against the flu this respiratory virus season can order a vaccine to give themselves at home. AstraZeneca ...