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Debi Weiss.Credit: Atlantic HealthNEED TO KNOWA woman was diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after initially thinking she had the fluAfter chemotherapy, Debi Weiss' cancer returned, so she underwent CAR-T immunotherapy and is…

Debi Weiss was annoyed but not concerned when she started feeling weak and out of breath in January 2024. She thought it was a case of the flu.As the weeks passed, the Pilates instructor's symptoms worsened. Weiss could no longer…

Large numbers of dead or dying geese have been found at parks across New Jersey in recent days. No cause was confirmed, but the Monmouth County Park System said in a statement on Tuesday that Avian flu, commonly known as the bird flu, is…

WASHINGTON — Top Food and Drug Administration official Vinay Prasad overruled the agency’s reviewers when he refused to accept Moderna’s application for a new influenza vaccine, STAT has learned.  Three agency officials familiar with…

'When you do the maths, it's staggering that we're not sick all the time': The science behind flu superspreaders BBC Read More

If it feels like everyone around you has come down with the flu, you're not imagining it.As of Jan. 9, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least 15 million people have gotten sick with the flu…

California officials are issuing warnings about a new flu strain that is increasing flu-related cases and hospitalizations statewide, with public health experts across the nation echoing the alerts. A newly emerged influenza A strain,…

The entrance to the Central Maine Medical Center emergency room in Lewiston is pictured in August. Experts say flu cases are continuing to rise in western Maine, causing more emergency room and acute care visits as…

A new strain of influenza known as 'Super-K', or the subclade-K variant, could be responsible for an unusual spring and summer boost in flu cases, epidemiologists say."The unusual thing here for Australia is the timing," WHO…

A new 'super flu' is devastating the US, with cases reaching record highs in major cities and children becoming so sick they require machines to help them breathe.The new virus strain, subclade K, is a variant of the influenza A H3N2…