Each year, influenza causes 12,200 hospitalizations and 3500 deaths in Canada. It causes between 140,000 and 810,000 hospitalizations and 12,000 to 61,000 deaths in the United States.

If we don’t invest in technologies like mRNA vaccines for pandemic influenza now, once a virus starts going human-to-human, ...

Influenza significantly impacted adults aged 50 to 64 years and younger adults with chronic conditions, but risk can be reduced with RIV.

Nationally, there were 231 influenza-associated pediatric deaths this past flu season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's up 11.6% from 207 deaths reported during ...

Although a flu shot doesn’t guarantee one won’t catch the flu, the vaccine still counts as one of the most effective ...

Among children aged six months to five years, who are at increased risk of serious complications from influenza, only 15.9 per cent are immunised. "That really is concerning," Dr Britton said.

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

Every county has a different rate of death, and these rates are considered high or low on comparative basis. However, what is ...

A recent study reveals a concerning trend in the United States. Death rates are not improving equally across all counties.

Vermont has the second lowest state fatality rate in the US (148.2 per 100K; Hawaii 113.6/100K). Mississippi (465.8/100K) and ...

This could be America’s future if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues his rampage against public health—and it may arrive much ...

There may be solutions to restoring confidence in vaccines. Even after the COVID pandemic drove a wedge between families and ...