The Boston Public Health Commission said on X that the “risk of human infection is currently low” and reminded residents not to feed, touch or remove birds from city parks, according to Boston 25 News ...

This year's fierce flu season is not over. Although parts of the United States are seeing downward trends, influenza activity remains elevated nationally. The 2025-2026 flu season is already shaping ...

Cases may have peaked in December, but flu season isn’t over just yet. By Dani Blum Flu levels are rising once again across the United States, with emergency department visits increasing among ...

An antibody nasal spray has shown promise for protecting against flu in preliminary human trials, after first being validated in mice and monkeys. It may be useful for combatting future flu pandemics ...

Flu cases are rising again, after dropping for weeks. A “second peak” is likely coming, according to doctors. Doctors share what to do to prevent getting seriously ill from the flu. It’s no secret ...

The flu epidemic continues to go down. The positivity rate and other benchmarks for the week ending on Jan. 24 have dropped compared with previous weeks, according to the latest data from the Centers ...

The flu is hitting kids hard this season. So far, 52 kids have died from the flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Jan. 30. About 9 in 10 had not received a flu shot.

Fifty-two children have died of the flu so far this season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday, seemingly putting pediatric deaths on track to outpace last season's ...

Despite Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson’s confidence in vaccines, the French pharma has cut at least one mRNA flu shot program. Even as CEO Paul Hudson expressed confidence in Sanofi’s vaccine business, the ...

The current flu season has hit Central Florida hard, with increased numbers of confirmed cases and fewer residents vaccinated against the disease. Though the state doesn’t keep track of individual ...

Some surveys have shown that nearly 30% of people believe getting a flu shot can actually cause influenza. This belief is likely due to common side effects linked to the vaccine, including headache, ...

A fast-moving influenza strain nicknamed the "Super-K" flu is catching the attention of scientists and health authorities. Subclade K, a branch of the H3N2 influenza family, has appeared much earlier ...