As Europe grapples with the flu season personal hygiene is more important than ever. The infection, formally known as ...

The first influenza vaccine was a monovalent live-attenuated ... particularly for the American troops in Europe and was then extended to civilians in 1945. In 1947, the vaccine was unexpectedly ...

“The industry averted food shortages and price increases by importing more than 285m hatching eggs to replenish the eggs lost ...

In early November, a teenager in British Columbia, Canada, became critically ill with a strain of H5N1 called ‘highly pathogenic avian influenza of unknown origin’. Europe is stepping up its ...

Further cases in poultry — both commercial and backyard flocks — have been recorded in nine more European states.

The Germans have started epidemics in Europe, and there is no reason why ... a Chicagoan newly settled in San Francisco, falls ill with influenza. San Francisco public health officials had ...

By early summer, the flu extended its reach beyond the U.S. and Western Europe. Numerous cases of influenza were reported in Russia, North Africa, and India. The Pacific Ocean provided no ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are monitoring the bird flu situation in the United States. Here's what to ...