A network meta-analysis of 73 trials comparing the effectiveness of flu antivirals suggests that only baloxavir (Xofluza) may ...

Antiviral drugs commonly used to treat non-severe influenza appeared to have little or no effect on key clinical outcomes, ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis led by Shandong University in China has evaluated the comparative efficacy and safety ...

Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious ...

Doctors should use infection control measures if a hospitalized patient has suspected, probable, or confirmed H5N1, putting ...

The US CDC confirmed another case of avian influenza A(H5N1), or bird flu, in California, bringing the nationwide total of cases to 67.

Bird flu, or avian influenza, primarily affects birds but there have been cases reported in humans as well. Unfortunately, a patient recently died from severe avian influenza A (H5N1), marking the ...

The Louisiana patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in the first death in the U.S. caused by the H5N1 virus ...

Hospitals should expand and speed up testing of people hospitalised with influenza to see if they are suffering from bird flu ...

Respiratory illnesses like influenza, COVID-19, and RSV are surging across the United States, according to CDC data.

A few days of feeling rotten is to be expected each winter. It’s the season when viruses flourish after all. But the flu, ...