Hospital admissions for flu in England stood at 2.2 per 100,000 people last week, up from 1.7 the previous week, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) ...

Here are some more reasons: I’m 75 and I have a compromised immune system, including allergies that get quite severe sometimes. I can’t take the risk of getting COVID again, nor transmitting it to my ...

“We are up to date on all our vaccines and we opt in to have the flu vaccine each year,” she said. “I know that some years the vaccine is more effective than others, but we were shocked by how sick he ...

As another flu season approaches, health officials are urging Americans to roll up their sleeves. Despite some confusion ...

Protecting your health is important, but the flu shot is also an act of community solidarity. Annual influenza epidemics vary ...

It is evolutionarily certain that we will have more outbreaks, more pandemics, and frankly, they could be significantly worse than Covid,” says global health expert Seth Berkley.

According to a major flu vaccine manufacturer, vaccine rates are expected to fall 12% this season, which concerns Dr. Weber. He said although we're not at the peak of respiratory illness season, it's ...

Gus Andrews saw the gloomy weather forecast that promised at least three days of steady rain and viewed it not as a setback, ...

Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how the World Health Organization decides which strains of influenza end up in annual flu ...

Dr Alex Allen, UKHSA consultant epidemiologist, said: “We’re seeing an unusually early start to the flu season this year, with the latest data showing a sharp increase among children but also ...

A wave of the highly contagious respiratory syncytial virus is beginning to wash over the United States, sending greater ...

Chickenpox parties are a thing of the past but the virus is still circulating. Most illness is mild but some people can ...