SAN ANTONIO – If you are coughing and sneezing, or have a runny nose, doctors encourage you to get tested for the flu. However, if you don’t want to go to the doctor’s office to get tested, at-home ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California officials are issuing warnings about a new flu strain that is increasing flu-related cases and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Our objective in this study wasn’t to prevent the flu,” says infectious disease aerobiology expert Donald Milton, MD, study ...

Antiviral drugs for influenza, the best known of which is Tamiflu, are—let’s be honest—not exactly miracle cures. They marginally shorten the course of illness, especially if taken within the first 48 ...

The Lehigh County coroner’s office has started doing postmortem testing for influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in some death investigations. The move comes amid one of the most severe flu ...

The United States is facing one of its most severe flu seasons in decades, data show. Infections and hospitalizations are surging, driven by a new mutated influenza A variant, H3N2 "subclade K." ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. A severe and early flu surge this winter, driven by a dangerous ...

Coming down with the flu is bad enough; should you now worry about catching the new flu, or super flu? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting an increase in the flu mortality rate ...

New York state is seeing the highest number of flu cases ever recorded in a single week, according to the state Department of Health. Health officials reported 71,123 positive flu cases during the ...

Flu cases typically peak in January and February in Tennessee, according to state officials. As flu activity remains high in Tennessee, we took a look at the latest data and asked districts how they ...

WASHINGTON – Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told USA TODAY he stopped taking flu shots in 2005 because of his concerns about side effects, including suspicions about what ...