The vaccines were found to decrease the risk of needing medical care in the first six months after vaccination by 76 percent ...

Louisiana continues to show up near the top of the CDC’s influenza activity map but according to infectious disease ...

Cold season is here, y’all, and influenza season is coming up. Here’s what to know to stay healthy headed into the holidays.

When you start to feel sick, it can be hard to tell which respiratory virus you’ve been hit with. The flu and COVID share a ...

Health officials sound the alarm as schools close in the US amid spikes in a 'rib-cracking' winter illness that spreads ...

Norovirus, a common group of viruses causing gastroenteritis, is in its peak season. Here's how to avoid getting sick.

TikTok, X, and Instagram are flooded with videos about a mysterious “2025 throat virus” that’s making everyone sick. The illness causes a host of debilitating symptoms including runny nose, congestion ...

Dr. Daniel Jernigan was the director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. He had worked at ...

Health experts recommend anyone above 6 months old to get their flu shot, as the CDC warns that cases in the U.S. are on the ...

The 2024-2025 flu season was one of the most severe in almost a decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

As the flu season sweeps through homes and classrooms, it’s not just our immune systems bracing for impact. New research ...

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is hitting the Kansas City metro, Lawrence and surrounding areas hard right now, ...