Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new flu variant, H3N2 subclade K, is a mutation of the common flu A subtype, which is often the flu "going around" come late ...

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Every year, flu vaccines are updated to match the flu viruses expected to circulate. For 2026, the vaccine focuses on several influenza strains that research predicts will be most prevalent. This ...

Flu and Covid, including a new variant called BA.3.2, nicknamed “cicada,” are still circulating, along with several other ...

The flu is a virus that affects millions of people every year. It spreads through the air and can lead to serious illness, ...

A graduate student at Fred Hutch Cancer Center has produced a near real-time picture of how well the human immune system is ...