One of the best ways to avoid getting sick is quite simple, according to Prianka Chawla, MD, Primary Care Physician at Tufts Medical Center: Keep your distance from people who are sick. But because of ...

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that the government will invest $176 million in Moderna to expedite the ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has the latest on the current bird flu outbreak. If you live near ...

Tasmanians are being encouraged to get their influenza vaccinations early as the state reports nearly 800 confirmed flu cases ...

The virus leads to an estimated 36,000 deaths in the United States each season — many of them so sudden that families are ...

This was also the first year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that deaths from flu surpassed deaths from COVID.

The health secretary has chipped away at the idea that immunizing children against measles and other diseases is a public ...

In early 2025, publication of a CDC report on H5N1 flu spreading from cattle to people was delayed. USDA personnel working on bird flu response were laid off; the department later struggled to ...

"We are definitely telling people that the flu is circulating in the community," Dr Wright said. "Now is the time to get your vaccine, particularly if you're a vulnerable person." The advice was ...

“Getting the flu vaccine is one of the simplest and most effective things you can do to protect yourself, your family, and your community.” Influenza vaccines are free for eligible Australians ...

The vaccine ... flu were protected from the worst symptoms and death when later exposed to H5N1 from Texas cattle. Ferrets that were just given H5N1 flu got sick and died. “I can’t tell you ...

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