A clinician and vaccination expert is calling on everyone to do the responsible thing and get their flu jab - to protect their own health and the rest of the community.

Recent viral mutations have shown avian influenza’s adaptability to mammalian hosts, prompting infectious disease, animal ...

Despite variations by age group and influenza virus type, the 2023-2024 influenza vaccine was protective against outpatient illness in pediatric and adult patients.

(Reuters) -Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu ... of wild and captive bird species - has been detected between 2016 and 2025, according to data gathered by the European ...

However, people with the stomach flu or norovirus may take longer, with symptoms sometimes persisting for more than a week. The biggest difference between food poisoning and norovirus is when symptoms ...

Acute respiratory infection (ARI) surveillance between 2016 and 2018 by six centres spread across India found 15.4% cases were influenza, whereas 12.7% of severe acute respiratory infection ...

Bird flu has long been a top contender for starting the next pandemic. Between 2003 and 2023, there were 882 cases reported ...

Recommendations on the strain composition of influenza virus vaccines for the 2025-2026 US season have been issued by FDA.

H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Bird flu had been detected in a sheep in England for the first time, the government has said. “The case was identified following routine surveillance of farmed livestock on a premises in ...