The major difference between 2025's flu season and the previous three years is that the virus started spreading around a ...

The latest data on respiratory illness in the United States shows that shoppers and merry-makers are spreading more than just holiday cheer: They’re also passing around germs. In many cases, it’s a ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) – January 18, 2020, COVID-19, which originated in China, crossed U.S. borders. At the time, its spread and impact overseas was being monitored by public health officials. However, ...

The 1918 influenza pandemic remains the deadliest in modern history, killing tens of millions — and leaving scientists with enduring questions about how it began. A century later, a virologist and ...

The world is divided by war. Influenza outbreaks smolder in livestock herds and bird flocks for years. The public is deeply skeptical of the value of medical interventions. Public health agencies ...

Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on Feb. 5, 1976. On that bitter cold day, he collapsed and died. Autopsy specimens unexpectedly ...

The 2025 flu season has turned out to be unlike any other in recent memory. This year, the flu season is marked by record-setting infections, multiple viral peaks, vaccine mismatches, and an ...

The first confirmed death from the H5N1 bird flu in the U.S., reported Monday by officials in Louisiana, comes amid growing concerns that the world could be stumbling into another pandemic. The bad ...

Share on Pinterest HHS has cut funding to a Moderna program that develops vaccines against influenza-like viruses that could lead to pandemics, such as bird flu. Johanna Moya/Getty Images The ...

The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to drugmaker Moderna Inc. to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu. The company said it ...