Flu comes on faster than a cold. In flu, fever, chills, headaches, body aches and exhaustion are typically the first symptoms ...

Although most of the reported human infections from the USA so far 1,2 have been mild, the virus can change its profile rapidly. To reduce mortality and morbidity from influenza in humans, vaccines ...

Authorities at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo have confirmed a flu outbreak in the city, with young children under five being the most affected. Mpilo Central Hospital Clinical Director Solwayo ...

Health officials in Britain have published a first-of-its-kind list of the disease-causing viruses they believe pose the greatest ... was that prior to 2020 the UK was overly focussed on the risk of ...

Avian Influenza can already be considered a pandemic among wild and domesticated animals due to the virus’ pervasive spread across geography and species. Likewise, the spread of H5N1 from wild birds ...

Cases remain around a third higher compared to the same period last year, which recorded 680 cases. Flu cases in hospital have plummeted to 1,174 from their January peak of 5,408. While the worst of ...

During the last influenza pandemic — the 2009 swine flu outbreak — people under 65 accounted for most of the hospitalizations and deaths. This was a surprising pattern for influenza ...

“The world currently faces an unprecedented global pathogenic avian influenza…. The virus has changed and once again we need efforts to control it,” said the FAO’s director of ...

Avian Influenza can already be considered a pandemic among wild and domesticated animals due to the virus' pervasive spread across geography and species. Likewise, the spread of H5N1 from wild ...

The office, called OPPR, once had a staff of about 20 people and was orchestrating the country’s response to bird flu and other threats ... has been functioning under a series of temporary ...