Health officials say it's important to get flu and COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the holidays when respiratory bugs tend to ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, global influenza cases dropped dramatically due to lockdowns and travel restrictions. However, ...

Protection from shots like the flu vaccine typically takes a couple of weeks to kick in, so getting one now may offer ...

Health officials have confirmed that the strain of bird flu that hospitalized a B.C. teenager in critical condition is ...

All flu vaccinations this year will guard against two Type A flu strains and one Type B strain. Another once-common form of Type B flu quit spreading a few years ago and was removed from the vaccine.

The seasonal flu places a significant burden on healthcare systems globally, leading to over five million hospitalizations ...

New research shows that some strains of influenza may now be extinct following the pandemic, but health professionals stress ...

Why do some people develop severe flu symptoms? A study points the finger at an unsung portion of the antibodies our immune systems generate to fend off invading pathogens.

A teenager in British Columbia, Canada has been hospitalized with a presumed case of H5N1 bird flu, the first detected human ...

Experts and health authorities say that while the risk of human infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza remains low ...