NORTH KOREA FLU EPIDEMIC SPURS CONTAGION CONCERNS AHEAD OF WINTER OLYMPICS

The numbers were significantly higher when compared to the 1,250 confirmed cases of both A and B influenza cases documented in South Korea, CNN reported... READ MORE›

TRUMP ADVISER SUGGESTS FLU CAN BE AVOIDED IF YOU 'INOCULATE YOURSELF WITH THE WORD OF GOD'

In the 31 January video, Ms Copeland said Listen, partners... READ MORE›

SWINE, BIRD FLU OUTBREAKS SLAM SOUTH, NORTH KOREA AHEAD OF OLYMPICS

A North Korean soldier who defected to the South also had several parasites, including an 11-inch worm, slithering in his body... READ MORE›

THIS FLU SEASON IS ON TRACK TO BE ONE OF THE WORST IN 15 YEARS

If that pandemic season is not included for comparison, the last time the country experienced such high levels of influenza-like illness was in 2003-2004... READ MORE›

Q&A: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE FLU SEASON THIS YEAR

Influenza B viruses, which this year's vaccine also covers, are already showing up and tend to emerge later in the season... READ MORE›

FLU EPIDEMIC GETS WORSE JUST IN TIME FOR FUNDING SHUTDOWN

The Department of Health and Human Services has said it would furlough half its workers and suspend the CDC's influenza program... READ MORE›

'THERE ARE LOTS OF OLD PEOPLE WAITING ON TROLLEYS IN THERE, IT'S JUST TERRIBLE TO SEE THEM'

Meanwhile, Stephen McMahon of patient advocate group the Irish Patients' Association said it was heartbreaking that children were left waiting for hospital beds... READ MORE›

SCIENTISTS SEEK SUPER-SHOT FOR FLU 100 YEARS AFTER PANDEMIC KILLED 50 MILLION

Fauci is designating a universal flu vaccine a top priority for NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases... READ MORE›

'JAPANESE FLU': STRAIN NOT INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S JAB IS SPREADING

A strain of flu that isn't included in this year's main flu vaccine is spreading, according to Public Health England PHE ... READ MORE›

AUSSIE FLU: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AFTER FATALITIES REPORTED IN IRELAND

Australian flu is the name given to flu subtype influenza A H3N2 ... READ MORE›

JOYRIDERS RAM STOLEN VEHICLE INTO GARDA CAR

Mobile footage of the incident depicts a silver Nissan Micra being driven recklessly on the road in view of an occupied Garda car... READ MORE›

MAJOR NHS TRUST TURNS AWAY A&E PATIENTS 13 TIMES IN A WEEK

As cold snap adds to pressure, Worcestershire trust is forced to divert patients from A E at two hospitals... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA'S FLU SEASON HAS U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS BRACING FOR A BAD WINTER, AND WANTING A NEW VACCINE

As we prepare for a potentially severe influenza season, we must consider whether our current vaccines can be improved, Fauci and his coauthors wrote... READ MORE›

NHS URGES PARENTS TO VACCINATE FLU 'SUPER-SPREADER' CHILDREN

NHS England is urging parents to vaccinate super-spreader children against flu so grandparents and other vulnerable relatives will be less at risk over the Christmas period... READ MORE›

PARENTS CAN HELP MINIMIZE CHILDREN'S PAIN FROM VACCINATIONS, STUDY SAYS

Four-year-old Harrison watches curiously as the nurse approaches his two-year-old sister, Georgia, to give her the flu shot at a Toronto pediatric clinic... READ MORE›

OXFORD RESEARCHERS TEAM TO TEST UNIVERSAL FLU VACCINE

Significantly, the new vaccine works by stimulating the immune system to boost virus-killing T-cells, instead of antibodies... READ MORE›

FLU VACCINE USED THIS YEAR 'WASN'T UP TO IT'

Influenza NSW Health Minister says current vaccine 'not up to the job' after deadly flu season... READ MORE›

'LOW SEVERITY' BIRD FLU CASE AT HAMPSHIRE FARM

A 1km poultry movement restriction zone has been imposed and the birds at the commercial chicken breeding farm will be culled, Defra said... READ MORE›

NHS URGES 1.4M STAFF TO HAVE FLU JAB TO REDUCE RISK OF EPIDEMIC

In another previously unused tactic, NHS England bosses are writing to all 234 NHS trusts telling them to do much more to ensure staff have the jab... READ MORE›

NSW TEEN NATHAN BROWN DIES FROM COMPLICATIONS DURING HORROR FLU SEASON

As of September 15, 288 influenza-associated deaths have been registered or reported to state public health units, a spokesman for NSW Health told AAP... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN ADULTS MISSING OUT ON FREE VACCINATIONS

Half of Australian adults don't receive government-funded jabs for influenza, pneumonia and shingles, the Vaccine Myopia report found... READ MORE›

1 PERSON DEAD OF FLU, 115 CONFIRMED CASES SO FAR IN OTTAWA

From Sept. 1 to Jan. 3 there were 115 confirmed cases of influenza in the city, according to Ottawa Public Health... READ MORE›

DISSOLVABLE PATCH OFFERS RADICAL PAIN-FREE ALTERNATIVE TO FLU INJECTION, STUDY FINDS

John McCauley, director of the Worldwide Influenza Centre at the Francis Crick Institute in London, said the research could lead to higher uptake rates of vaccines... READ MORE›

PROTECT BABIES FROM FLU BY GETTING OLDER SIBLINGS VACCINATED,A PARENTS ADVISED

In 2013, a new flu vaccine nasal spray for children aged two to 16 was introduced in the UK... READ MORE›

FLU LEAVING SOME KIDS TEMPORARILY UNABLE TO WALK

The number of people suffering Type B flu is on the rise in Australia with children among those to suffer the symptoms most severely... READ MORE›

PLANT-BASED VACCINES CHALLENGE BIG PHARMA FOR $3 BILLION FLU MARKET

But they could threaten the pharma giants that dominate flu vaccine production... READ MORE›

NARCOLEPSY CASES LINKED TO FLU VACCINE SUBJECT TO NEW COMPENSATION DISPUTE

Government lawyers are seeking to block compensation payments to people who developed the devastating sleep disorder narcolepsy as a result of a faulty swine flu vaccine... READ MORE›

HOSPITAL CLAIMS IT WARNED LAST MONTH OF MUTATED FLU STRAIN NOT COVERED BY JAB

Public Health England and the WHO are being urged to use a broader spectrum of vaccines in future against winter flu... READ MORE›

THINKING ABOUT GETTING THE 2016 FLU VACCINE? HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

The influenza vaccine is formulated annually because seasonal flu viruses undergo continuous genetic mutation and the vaccine needs to match the major circulating strains... READ MORE›

FLU WARNING ISSUED AS REPORTED CASES SOAR

Swine flu is only one of four strains of influenza circulating, according to Robert Booy from the University of Sydney... READ MORE›

Department of Health warns that only one in four children eligible for free nasal spray vaccine has received it so far this year... READ MORE›

FLU SHOT PROTECTS AGAINST HEART ATTACKS, STUDY SHOWS

The study should include the benefit of preventing heart attacks in a proportion of people, she said... READ MORE›

HOSPITAL CLAIMS IT WARNED LAST MONTH OF MUTATED FLU STRAIN NOT COVERED BY JAB

AFP must admit to its 'big mistake' leading to Bali Nine executions, says barrister friend... READ MORE›

ZIKA VIRUS COULD TRIGGER PARALYZING GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME, STUDY SAYS

Researchers have published the first evidence that the Zika virus is a potential trigger for Guillain-Barre syndrome... READ MORE›

STUDY LINKING FLU VACCINE AND MISCARRIAGES PROMPTS CALLS FOR A CLOSER LOOK

Vaccine experts think the results may reflect other miscarriage risks for the women, and not the flu shots... READ MORE›

BIRD FLU DETECTED IN DUCK IN CO WEXFORD

A department spokesman said The Department reiterates that strict bio-security measures are necessary to prevent the introduction of avian influenza into poultry and captive bird flocks... READ MORE›

HOW THE FLU EVOLVES SO QUICKLY AROUND THE WORLD

Flu viruses change rapidly to escape the body's defenses... READ MORE›

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