Scientists have finally watched influenza viruses break into living human cells in real time, catching the microscopic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. A new mutated strain of the common flu, Influenza H3N2, subclade ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing the flu, specifically influenza B this week. They’re also see viral upper respiratory infections, a stomach bug and some strep throat. Pediatricians at ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it aims to accomplish within four years a scientific feat that hasn’t been achieved for the past 45: the development of a universal ...

The flu is one of the most common and contagious diseases — it causes up to 41 million illnesses, 710,000 hospitalizations and 52,000 deaths each year in the US, according to the Centers for Disease ...

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and ...

A new study has identified an influenza virus circulating in pigs that shows multiple traits associated with pandemic potential. Known as H1N2, the virus belongs to a lineage of flu viruses that ...

Experts warn about the possibility of a new pandemic in 2025 as the H5N1 bird flu virus spreads across all 50 states, impacting US dairy farms and leading to human infections. Here's what to know.

An experimental flu test could detect the virus right on the tip of your tongue. Researchers in Germany have potentially discovered a new way to spot influenza through an edible test, potentially like ...