Millions of pounds of NHS cash may be wasted on the anti-flu drug Relenza because elderly patients cannot operate the complicated inhaler, says a study. Half a group of patients over 70 were ...

California’s Head Start Programs Thrown Into Chaos: Dozens of Head Start programs nationwide — including at least six in California — have experienced delays in accessing government money for payroll ...

The flu can also cause a general feeling of fatigue or malaise, Ray says, as well as gastrointestinal issues like diarrhea ...

The United States is seeing a second peak in flu cases this season ... received emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration and brought combination tests to market.

Cases of the flu viruses continue to surge across the U.S., placing a strain on health care systems and causing tens of millions of illnesses and thousands of deaths each year. Each flu season ...

(NEXSTAR) – The flu is spreading far and wide across the U.S. – and influenza A is largely to blame. Of all the flu tests reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since the start of ...

Last week, more than half of states – 27, to be exact – had “very high” flu activity, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s the CDC’s ...

Scientists Design Workaround That Improves Response to Flu Vaccine Dec. 19 ... being explored by scientists is the development of drugs capable of destabilizing its genome, made up of RNA molecules.

Antiviral drugs, such as Tamiflu, can treat or prevent flu illness and are especially important for high-risk groups, per the CDC. If you have severe flu symptoms, you’re in a high-risk group ...

Influenza A: More common at the beginning of the flu season (October–January). Influenza B: More prevalent towards the end of the season (February–April). Flu seasons vary each year ...

The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident has now been found in dairy cows. Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections.

The same strain is linked to the bird flu patient who died in Louisiana. A second type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on ...