Coming down with the flu is bad enough; should you now worry about catching the new flu, or super flu? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting an increase in the flu mortality rate ...

Bird flu is a scary illness with a high mortality rate. But so far, infections in the U.S. have been relatively mild—until now. A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 ...

The warning signs of secondary bacterial pneumonia can vary with the severity of the bacterial infection. Here are the red ...

A simple and inexpensive paper strip test could help diagnose a case of the flu, and even identify the influenza strain that caused it, a new study finds. The test can distinguish between influenza A ...

If H5N1 bird flu becomes transmissible between people it will be vital to spot it fast – and binding the virus to magnetic particles offers a simple solution As the northern flu season approaches, ...