Tag: flu

UPMC to reinstitute masking due to high respiratory virus rates

The masking policy at UPMC applies to all areas where patient care…

DR Congo unknown disease kills 79 people

Authorities say those infected have symptoms including headaches, fever and a runny…

This year’s flu shot protects against 3 strains instead of 4 : Shots – Health News : NPR

A strain of influenza appears to have disappeared from the planet since…

A new flu is spilling over from cows to people in the U.S. How worried should we be?

Pigs and goats likely catch it too. It’s been found in humans’…

Experimental mRNA Vaccine May Protect Against All 20 Influenza Virus Subtypes

Flu season is now upon us, and protecting yourself and loved ones…

New mRNA vaccine targeting all known flu strains shows early promise | CBC News

A new mRNA vaccine targeting all known flu strains in a single…

Southeast US has hit the roof of CDC’s respiratory illness level scale

Uptake of flu shots is lagging this year, CDC says. Source: Southeast…

Should Doug Ford bring back indoor mask mandates in Ontario? Experts say it’s time

As hospitals struggle with triple threat of COVID, influenza and RSV, a…

US hospital flu cases hit 10-year high as vaccinations fall

Five million fewer influenza doses have been administered this year to US…

About 1,000 students absent from a Virginia high school with flu-like symptoms

Is there the end begins?

Human seasonal influenza under COVID-19 and the potential consequences of influenza lineage elimination | Nature Communications

Source: Human seasonal influenza under COVID-19 and the potential consequences of influenza…

Health officials monitoring mysterious bilateral pneumonia cases in Argentinian province

Source: Health officials monitoring mysterious bilateral pneumonia cases in Argentinian province

A new strain of avian flu is decimating wild birds. Humans should worry | Financial Times

In a pre-Covid 19 world, the deaths of 86mn birds would have…

Flu may be coming back with a vengeance, experts say, and children could be at risk

Flu is making its grand return to Australia and other countries in…

America’s Flu-Shot Problem Is Also Its Next COVID-Shot Problem

The successes and failures of annual flu-shot campaigns hold lessons for the…

Israel reports first case of ‘flurona’ – rare double infection of Covid and influenza

Doctors say it was diagnosed in young pregnant woman but suspect there…

Experts warn of severe flu season as outbreaks start to pop up

The flu is back after essentially taking a break last season, when…

Flu rips through University of Michigan campus, bringing CDC to Ann Arbor

Influenza is sweeping the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus, with 528…

Flu Has Disappeared Worldwide during the COVID Pandemic

The public health measures that slow the spread of the novel coronavirus…

Coronavirus: How the common cold can boot out Covid

It looks like the viruses that cause colds wins in the battle…