Dec. 13, 2024 — Influenza or flu virus remains infectious in refrigerated raw milk for up to five days, according to a new study. The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a ...

The US is in the throes of an unusually intense and severe flu season, with hospitalization rates topping the levels seen with Covid-19 at some points of the pandemic. On top of the flu infection ...

Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick with coughs, soreness, fevers, vomiting, and other flu-like symptoms.

Nearly 8% of outpatient visits for respiratory illness last week were for flu. The rate of Americans visiting doctors' offices for flu-like illness continues to reach record levels, new federal ...

CDC withheld bird flu reports, canceled meetings, sources say Trump's WHO withdrawal hampers information sharing, director says US detects more cases of bird flu in people and livestock Feb 14 ...

WAIT TIMES IN THE E.R. BUT THE FLU THIS YEAR HAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, BEEN A RATHER STUBBORN VIRUS. A LATE SEASON SURGE OF THE FLU, GETTING MORE AND MORE GRANITE STATERS ...

Scientists Design Workaround That Improves Response to Flu Vaccine Dec. 19, 2024 — Stitching together four molecules found in the standard flu vaccine ensures an immune response to all of them ...

Feb 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has given a conditional approval to Zoetis (ZTS.N), opens new tab to use its bird flu vaccine in poultry, the animal healthcare company said ...

It appears that there may have been another spillover of H5N1 bird flu virus from wild birds into dairy cattle. The Arizona Department of Agriculture announced Friday that it had found the virus ...

The first human case of bird flu in Ohio was reported yesterday in a Mercer County farmworker who had contact with infected poultry. The risk to humans remains low, but bird flu has significantly ...

Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today? All this raises the question: If bird flu is killing animals right and left, and has killed at least one human, should we be worried?

Understanding the flu shot effectiveness timeline can reduce your risk of getting or spreading the flu. It takes about two weeks for the flu shot to protect you from the flu after you receive it.