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Hilleman was born a year after the notorious 1918 influenza pandemic swept the world ... The article was just eight sentences long. But Hilleman needed only the four words of the headline to ...

Hilleman, however, needed eggs not for his breakfast, but to make the vaccines that were key to stopping a potential influenza pandemic. Hilleman was born a year after the notorious 1918 influenza ...

East Tennessee State University researchers have examined the devastating effects of the 1918 Spanish flu in Appalachia, uncovering lessons that resonate in the wake of COVID-19.

Levels of influenza nationwide are now at the highest they have been since the peak of the 2009 swine flu pandemic, according to figures published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

While we often refer to it as "the flu," the influenza virus has several strains, with flu A and flu B considered the most ...

A new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 virus evolved from initially ...

New York's 2024-25 flu season is poised to break records set in 2022-23, as the impact of the pandemic era continues to disrupt winter virus season.

Seasonal flu showed a 'remarkable' bounce back to pre-pandemic levels once ... Oct. 28, 2024 — Doctors detail what we learned after the first season following the approval of RSV vaccines.

Type A is known to cause more severe illness and has been known to cause pandemics — including the 1918 flu pandemic that led to at least 50 million deaths worldwide. According to the Cleveland ...

when a swine flu pandemic hit the nation, according to data posted Friday morning by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of course, other viral infections can be mistaken for flu.