A new Cleveland Clinic study has found that receiving the influenza vaccine does not increase a person's risk for contracting COVID-19 or worsen associated morbidity or mortality.
Hundreds of people gathered Sunday to protest a new flu vaccine mandate for Massachusetts students, reports ABC News.
Influenza activity in the US decreased during the week of January 5-11 but remains elevated, with an estimated 13-18 million cases of influenza-like-illness this season.
A report from PBS News Hour examines the circumstances that led some schools to stay open during the 1918 flu pandemic.
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A Johns Hopkins study found that strains of a subtype of H3N2 have a mutation that blocks antibodies from binding to a key viral protein.
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A flu strain called the “G4 variant” is a combination avian-swine-and-human flu that is being detected in more and more pigs in China. Two cases of pig-to-human transmission have been reported.
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University of Tennessee students will be required to get their flu shot this fall under an emergency rule approved Friday by the university.
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By withdrawing from the World Health Organization, vaccine researchers from the US will no longer have a seat at the table in deciding which variants of the flu virus should be used for vaccinations.
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Walgreens announced it has resumed vaccination services at its pharmacies for the upcoming influenza season, according to a report from Reuters.
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New research, published in the journal Pediatrics, shows that 1 in 4 parents are hesitant about vaccinating their children for influenza.
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Covid-19 deaths in the US have exceeded the number of total deaths from flu outbreaks in a single year since the 1918–19 flu pandemic.
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Frances Jordan Banks, who was born during the 1918 flu pandemic and later served as a US Army nurse in World War II, died on June 2.
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The CDC is seeking emergency use authorization for a new diagnostic test that can simultaneously detect the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and the influenza virus.
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An article in the Smithsonian Magazine warns that there is danger in comparing the flu pandemic of 1918 to the current crisis.
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The 1889 outbreak of influenza was first reported in the Russian city of Petropavlovsk in September of that year. Within a few weeks it had spread throughout Russia, and by early November it had appeared in most European capital cities.
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