Flu season might be winding down — but don’t stash the tissues just yet. A little-known respiratory virus with no vaccine or ...
Deaths from flu in Georgia – 243 since the season started in October – are the highest they’ve been in five years, according ...
For parents up and down the country news that two young people have died and 11 others are seriously ill after contracting ...
Two people from the University of Kent have died, while several more are in hospital, after an outbreak of meningitis in the ...
From school and university statements to what to expect next ...
NEW YORK — As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn’t work very well, with one of its worst effectiveness rates in more than a decade. A new strain that dominated ...
The US FDA’s vaccine advisors have recommended that three new influenza strains be included in next winter’s influenza vaccine, aiming in part to tamp down illness caused by subclade K, a mutated form ...
News of the outbreak has left worried students and parents scrambling for answers about their own risk, whether more people could fall ill and the warning signs to watch for.
An FDA advisory committee voted to recommend including a viral strain of the flu, subclade k, in vaccines beginning this fall.
Indiana physicians are expecting a heavier than usual flu season, leading them to encourage people to get their flu vaccine now before winter arrives. "We do anticipate that this year is going to be ...