Flu symptoms 2025: This year, the flu hit earlier -- and cases have skyrocketed -- compared with previous years in Japan, Australia and the...

The United States is allocating $500 million towards developing universal vaccines capable of protecting against multiple viral strains sim...

The US is reconsidering its bird flu strategy, potentially moving towards vaccination after years of culling infected flocks. The USDA has ...

Despite a severe flu season, fewer Americans are getting flu shots, particularly children. Only 43% of eligible kids were vaccinated by ear...

People suffering from flu could be at more than six times higher risk of heart attack a week after, than in the year before or after, a new...

A new study describes successful animal tests of just such a vaccine, offering hope that the country can be protected against future flu pa...

An experimental mRNA-based vaccine against all 20 known subtypes of influenza virus provided broad protection from otherwise lethal flu str...

An analysis of nearly 75,000 COVID-19 patients from around the world strongly suggests that the annual flu shot reduces the risk of stroke,...

Racing against the clock at a time when some projects have already started clinical trials has its own risks.

Krishna M Ella, a molecular biologist and chairman and managing director of the Bharat Biotech, spoke to TOI's Surendra Singh in an exclusi...

Bharat Biotech said on Friday that it has partnered with the University of Wisconsin Madison and US-based company FluGen to develop a vacci...

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), annual flu epidemics are estimated to cause up to half a million deaths globally.

When it was first detected, it was called swine flu because the virus was similar to those found in pigs, but the virus now circulates as a...

Patients with cancers of the immune system are especially susceptible to common infections, and a bout of the flu can lead to serious illne...

According to the World Health Organization, the new H7N9 flu virus was found in China in 2013 and is responsible for 229 deaths and 665 cas...

As New Scientist explains, the flu virus carries big, globular "decoy" proteins on its surface to grab our immune system's attention.

Novartis and Sanofi-Aventis are among drug-makers searching for new weapons against influenza viruses that evade protection from existing v...