MONDAY, Jan. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Flu vaccines protect children against serious illness, even when the vaccine doesn't match the circulating flu virus, according to a new study that reinforces the importance of flu shots.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A duck killed by a hunter in South Carolina had a contagious and dangerous bird flu that has not been detected in the wild in the U.S. in five years, officials said.
MONDAY, Jan. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It's a COVID phenomenon that had, until now, gone relatively unnoticed: You can be infected with COVID-19 and the flu at the same time.
This is how health care workers test for the flu and COVID-19. When you get both, at the same time, its called a co-infection. But this time, …
How do I know if I have a cold, the flu or COVID-19?
Pandemics do eventually end, even if omicron is complicating the question of when this one will. But it won't be like flipping a light switch: The world will have to learn to coexist with a virus that's not going away.
Do you have a sore throat, a runny nose and muscle aches? It could be a common cold, a case of the flu -- or Covid-19.
Things to know today: U.S. flu season arrives on schedule; Fauci's air travel warning; plus, the best photos of 2021. Get caught up.
The U.S. flu season has arrived on schedule after taking a year off, with flu hospitalizations rising and two child deaths reported.
You'll need a prescription first from a doctor or other authorized health worker. The U.S. government is buying the pills from Merck and Pfize…
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Flu is making a comeback in the United States this year, with cases rising around the country even as the Omicron variant is surging, infectious disease experts say.
COVID-19 helps drive nearly 2-year decline in U.S. life expectancy. New data from the CDC for 2020 shows COVID as the third leading killer, after heart disease and cancer, with the average American now living to 77, down from 78.8 the year before Read more
As the highly transmissible Omicron and Delta coronavirus variants continue to sweep across the United States, health officials warn that more…
FRIDAY, Dec. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- This season's flu vaccine may do little to prevent infection with the main circulating virus strain because the strain has changed since the vaccine was developed, a new study suggests. The study was posted on a preprint server online and has not been published in a peer-reviewed journal.
FRIDAY, Dec. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- This season's flu vaccine may do little to prevent infection with the main circulating virus strain because the strain has changed since the vaccine was developed, a new study suggests.
Masking up again? Here's what works best. New research finds that when it comes to keeping the COVID-19 virus to yourself, a tight fit matters. So, too, do the materials used, experts say. Read more
Kids often catch viruses at school and there's some evidence with flu that school breaks can slow the spread. So it might be lucky that omicro…
As a parent, the best thing you can do to protect your children from the flu is to get them vaccinated right away.
High-dose vaccines include four times as much flu virus antigen as standard flu vaccines. This can give older people a higher immune system response.
An Indiana family of four says it was mistakenly given COVID-19 vaccines instead of flu shots at a Walgreens, according to an attorney and local reports.
Tazewell, Va. – There may be light at the end of the tunnel in Tazewell County’s battle with Covid19.
Medical experts warn the approaching flu season could be severe, renewing fears of a potential "twindemic" with COVID-19. Here's what you should know.
Dame Joan Collins is one of the first people to get a COVID-19 booster jab- and urges her 255,000 Instagram followers to follow suit.
COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000.
Can you get the Covid-19 booster shot and flu shot at the same time? Veuer’s Elizabeth Keatinge has more.