The final results of a study involving thousands of male and female pneumonia patients, aged from 65 to 94, has revealed a questionable degree of benefit of annual influenza vaccinations in the elderly population.  In …

News published online Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) includes statistics for this year’s influenza season. It was the worst of the last three seasons.

A recent study conducted at Penn State sheds some much-needed light on the origins of the flu virus that kills 36,000 Americans each year. The study concluded that the virus comes from a “viral reservoir” …

The announcement of a breakthrough diagnostic tool was presented simultaneously today in Geneva and Singapore. The device, VereFlu, is a miniature diagnostic laboratory on a computer chip that can detect several strains of influenza …

Schools in Hong Kong will be closed until March 28 in order to avert the further spread of influenza that has claimed the lives of four children thus far. The closings affect all nurseries, …

The federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently voted to extend its recommendations for annual flu shots for children. Current recommendations cover children aged 6 months to 5 years but the new recommendations urge vaccinations …

To keep up with the latest influenza outbreaks caused by strains that are not included in the current vaccine, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee recommended that producers use three new flu …

Getting a flu shot may not provide as much protection as you think this season. The Centers for Disease Control has reported a rise in resistance to oseltamivir (Tamiflu).