In a new study researchers had five people infected with the flu mingle with 11 people who didn’t have the virus in a hotel room with limited ventilation, but a high air recirculation rate. Ultimately ...

With an aggressive new strain spreading across the country, this year’s flu season has been marked by record-high hospitalizations and reportedly intense symptoms. As people look for ways to contain ...

These fills give insight into rates of infections and how they’re being treated. Tamiflu fills typically peak between December and February. A jump in fills before December may indicate an early flu ...

Coughs echo in lecture halls, sniffles spread across study spaces and tissue piles collect in trash cans as flu season wraps up on campus. For many students, influenza is ...

Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus — and cases are expected to keep growing with holiday travel. That variant, known as “subclade K,” led to early outbreaks in ...

Flu has overtaken covid in infections and hospitalizations during the winter respiratory virus season, and their virulence is becoming similar.

Flu activity in Wisconsin is currently very high, yet vaccination rates have dropped by 10% since last year. Medical experts state the flu vaccine is safe, effective, and has been administered since ...

The good news: As the weather is turning warmer, flu season is officially headed off a cliff. The bad news: The efficacy of the flu vaccine is also, apparently, falling off a cliff. In an alarming ...

Some surveys have shown that nearly 30% of people believe getting a flu shot can actually cause influenza. This belief is likely due to common side effects linked to the vaccine, including headache, ...

WASHINGTON — Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus — and cases are expected to keep growing with holiday travel. That variant, known as “subclade K,” led to early ...