Annual epidemics of influenza place a substantial burden on the health of people in the United States. CDC estimates that influenza has resulted in between 9.2 million and 35.6 million illnesses, ...

Increasing Flu Vaccination Rates In general, routine annual vaccination is recommended for all patients ≥6 months of age who have no contraindications. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ...

Scientists have discovered that tethering four antibodies together may be an effective strategy for neutralizing all types of influenza virus known to infect humans. As co-leaders of an international ...

Patients with influenza B had similar rates of associated disease severity and ICU admission compared with patients with influenza A(H1N1) during two recent influenza seasons in Jerusalem, researchers ...

It's flu season right now, and the U.S. is in the midst of a wave that's straining hospitals. But not all influenza is the same. There are some notable differences between flu A and flu B strains. On ...

The 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody this month tested positive for influenza, a highly contagious respiratory virus that physicians warn could spread ...