There have been four flu pandemics since the start of the 20th century. What we’ve learned—and why we still can’t predict the ...

Death Records examined data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to understand and explain the evolution in ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - Flu deaths in North Carolina continue to raise as the new year gets underway. In the week ending January 11, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says ...

Two additional influenza-related flu ... of death): Deaths from all causes:722, up from 681 last week Deaths due to Pneumonia: 66, up from 53 last week The average school absenteeism rate in ...

South Carolina has a higher rate of flu ... have been 1,047 flu-associated hospitalizations in the state to date this season. And there have been eight influenza-associated deaths in the state ...

The US just recorded the first death from severe bird flu. Experts say it's not too early, or unreasonable, to prepare for ...

Avian influenza (H5N1) has a high mortality rate, with 48.6% of global cases resulting ... those working with birds or poultry. The bird flu, also known as avian influenza and H5N1, was implicated ...

An elderly man in the US state of Louisiana died on Monday of bird flu - contracted from exposure to sick and dead chickens ...

Caused approximately 0.5–1 million deaths worldwide. Shared striking similarities with the 1918 pandemic virus. Age shift during the 1918 pandemic was extreme, in which the majority of deaths ...

The department said there had been notable progress especially among the elderly, with the flu jab coverage rate for those aged 65 and above rising by 8 per cent. That indicated almost half of the ...

This includes 16 pediatric deaths, five of which were reported the first week of January. Currently, there are multiple indicators of high flu activity in the U.S., including positive laboratory ...

The virus has shown signs of mutating in patients. The U.S. has experienced its first death from bird flu (H5N1). The death happened in a Louisiana patient who contracted H5N1 after being exposed ...