Apr. 17, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as ...

"The flu," or seasonal influenza, is caused by influenza viruses, like those pictured above. | Credit: CAVALLINI JAMES/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The flu is a contagious viral ...

Bird flu has been circling the globe for decades. So the discovery in 2024 that the deadly pathogen had jumped from a wild bird to a cow came as a shock to virus watchers. Now, in just over a year ...

Apr. 22, 2025 — A multi-state study reveals that many high-risk adults diagnosed with influenza (flu) in emergency departments and urgent care centers are not receiving timely antiviral treatment.

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. A new Cleveland Clinic study—yet to be peer ...

The flu vaccine is recommended annually for all Americans 6 months and older, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — but a new study from Cleveland Clinic suggests that it might ...

From the Lone Ranger to bird flu, J.P. Devine looks at the evolution of the mask. In our long ago childhoods, that question was asked daily by stunned frontier townspeople, after the masked man ...

Washington just had its deadliest flu season in over a decade. 388 Washingtonians died from the virus between late 2024 and early 2025, according to the Washington State Department of Health.

Like the syrup itself, amateur and commercial maple syrup producers are gushing this year. Stephen Heard is a Fredericton-based professor of biology and a maple syrup lover. He had a slow start to ...

The records show she was searching the internet for information on flu-like symptoms and breathing techniques.