Influenza A is believed to be the most severe type of flu virus for humans, although this is the subject of debate, as there is some evidence to suggest that influenza B might be equally as dangerous.

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At the same time, recent CDC data shows that seasonal influenza A is rising ...

Two types of influenza viruses are responsible for seasonal flu outbreaks: Influenza A and B. Influenza A accounts for around 75 percent of all cases and tends to cause more severe illness in adults.

Flu deaths outpace COVID deaths in 22 states for first time since pandemic began 01:31. For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, more people in the U.S. died of influenza than from ...

The dominance of influenza A at this point in the flu season is to be expected. Influenza A is more commonly seen earlier in flu season, in the winter months, while influenza B seems to crop up ...

The adjusted incidence of transmission of influenza virus by day 5 that resulted in symptoms was 5.8% with baloxavir and 7.6% with placebo, but this difference was not significant (adjusted OR 0. ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Eradivir, a preclinical biotech company, has developed a patent-pending antiviral therapeutic that reduces lung viral loads of advanced-stage influenza in preclinical studies ...

The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the upcoming respiratory virus season, but without input from its independent ...

Influenza activity is elevated across most of the country, with at least 5.3 million illnesses, 63,000 hospitalizations, and 2,700 deaths from flu so far this season, according to the CDC.

Influenza A(H5N1) viruses are an emerging zoonotic threat and have spread widely throughout birds in North America. Recently, influenza A(H5N1) infection led to serious illness in a teenager in ...