Did COVID Lockdowns Drive a Flu Strain to Extinction?
During the COVID-19 pandemic, global influenza cases dropped dramatically due to lockdowns and travel restrictions. However, ...
The Associated Press on MSN8d
Don't wait for a holiday surge. Now is a good time to get your flu and COVID-19 vaccines
Health officials say it's important to get flu and COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the holidays when respiratory bugs tend to ...
CNET2d
Still Need a Flu Vaccine? Now May Be a Good Time to Get One
Protection from shots like the flu vaccine typically takes a couple of weeks to kick in, so getting one now may offer ...
Alberta Farmer1d
Virus in B.C. human bird flu case genetically related to farm strain
Health officials have confirmed that the strain of bird flu that hospitalized a B.C. teenager in critical condition is ...
Should you get a flu shot? What to know about influenza this year
New research shows that some strains of influenza may now be extinct following the pandemic, but health professionals stress ...
PBS4d
Why getting your flu and COVID-19 vaccines before the holidays is a good idea
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.
1st case of avian flu in Canada confirmed. Health Canada says there are vaccines
Experts and health authorities say that while the risk of human infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza remains low ...
Canada Reports First Human Case Of H5N1 Bird Flu
A teenager in British Columbia, Canada has been hospitalized with a presumed case of H5N1 bird flu, the first detected human ...
The Canadian Press on MSN4d
From transmission to symptoms, what to know about avian flu after B.C. case
A B.C. teen has a suspected case of H5N1 avian flu — the first known human to acquire the virus in Canada. The provincial ...