After a quiet summer, the virus is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal ...

A potentially deadly new strain of the swine flu virus cropped up in more places in the United States and Mexico on Saturday, in what the World Health Organization called "a public health emergency of ...

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A bird flu virus that has often been ignored because it mostly causes minor disease in birds has the potential to cause a ...

After a rough, record-setting flu season, doctors and health officials are bracing for another wave of fever, misery and respiratory distress. In the U.K., health officials are warning about an early ...

Now you can give yourself a flu vaccine at home. Should you try it? If you have a fear of needles and are nervous about getting the flu shot, you’re not alone. It’s estimated that up to 25% of adults ...

Last year’s flu season was long, brutal, and ultimately tragic. By the time infections had subsided in May, as many as 1.1 million Americans were estimated to have been hospitalized and as many as 100 ...

The archbishops of Canterbury and York are recommending that churches stop sharing the chalice at communion over swine flu fears, the Church of England said Thursday. The archbishops wrote a letter to ...

The seasonal flu is, without a doubt, back, and it’s killing more children than ever. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that reported child flu deaths reached a record ...

Kansas State University swine specialists will present updates on recent research trials, highlighting the university’s annual Swine Day Nov. 20 in Manhattan. Organizers said this year’s agenda also ...