Innovative research into the gene-editing tool targets influenza’s ability to replicate—stopping it in its tracks.

Click in for more news from The Hill{beacon} Health Care   The Big Story Bad flu season reaches a record high With a more ...

The World Health Organization on Saturday reported 3,440 confirmed cases of swine flu in 29 countries, with 48 deaths from the sickness. The virus, also called H1N1, has spread as Australia reported ...

A health expert has settled a long-standing debate on whether 'man flu' truly exists and whether men do suffer worse when ...

A new influenza A variant called subclade K is responsible for the surge in infections, worsened by a lagging vaccination ...

Activity during the current flu season is growing to severe levels, with the percentage of doctors’ visits for flu-like ...

Several pigs at the Oakland County Fair tested positive for influenza A virus, the causative agent of swine influenza. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Department of ...

(Reuters) - Here are some facts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about how swine flu spreads in humans: * Swine flu viruses typically cause illness in pigs, not humans. Most ...

Influenza has caused 3,100 deaths and 81,000 hospitalizations among 7.5 million flu cases so far this respiratory disease ...

The numbers are especially grim in the Big Apple: According to preliminary hospital data collected by New York City’s ...