Every winter, as the air sharpens and scarves return to shoulders, an old visitor also makes a reappearance: the flu. It ...

As we get deeper into flu season, a new type of the influenza virus has been identified, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Onset, intensity, severity and duration of influenza seasons vary each year and are driven by factors such as temperature, ...

Doctors are urging vaccinations, especially for vulnerable populations such as children, elderly, pregnant women ...

Central Pennsylvania has so far dodged a full-blown flu epidemic but the number of cases and hospitalizations are on the rise ...

A study of more than 1 million UK medical records found that getting a flu vaccine between ages 40 and 50 did not increase Parkinson’s disease risk and was even associated with a lower estimated ...

An ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has affected more than 184 million domestic poultry since 2022 and, ...

Influenza A is appearing early this season in Erie County, with the health department reporting near 1,000 confirmed cases.

The cell-based flu vaccine was more effective than the egg-based vaccine in those aged 6 months to 64 years during the 2023-2024 flu season.

Adults who were immunized against influenza between the ages of 40 and 50 did not experience an increased risk of incident Parkinson’s disease (PD), according to a December study published in JAMA ...

Federal regulators have begun a safety review of two RSV medicines used to protect infants, even though no safety problems have been reported.

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