Travelers have a host of pathogens to dodge this winter, including the “tripledemic” of infections caused by Covid-19, flu and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). But there are steps people...
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FDA Commissioner urges parents not to stockpile children’s flu meds
The surge in flu cases and Covid-19 infections this month, along with elevated levels of childhood respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV infections, has caused elevated demand for children’s over-...
Can You Catch A Cold From Being Cold? Scientists Say Yes, And It Turns Out The Answer Was Right Under Our Noses
Topline A newly discovered immune response inside the nose could explain why respiratory illnesses like RSV, Covid, the common cold and flu thrive in winter, according to research published Tuesday in...
Netherlands Battle Flu Outbreak Before 2022 World Cup Match Versus U.S.
The Netherlands football team, seen here after midfielder #21 Frenkie De Jong scored a goal against … [+] Qatar in the 2022 World Cup, is dealing with a flu outbreak. (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP...
Covid Still Killed Over 9,000 Americans In November, As Attention To It (And Boosters) Declines
Topline Covid hospital admissions are trending upwards and at least 9,000 died with the virus in November, figures at odds with widespread beliefs the pandemic is over as increasing numbers of America...
Flu hospitalizations increase nearly 30% as U.S. enters holiday season
Susana Sanchez, a Nurse Practitioner, administers a flu vaccination to Loisy Barrera at a CVS pharmacy and MinuteClinic in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Flu hospitalizations have increased...
This Thanksgiving, Be Grateful The Turkey On Your Table Avoided Avian Flu
Holiday season 2022 could be the first of many ravaged by bird flu as the worst-ever U.S. outbreak has yet to be contained. Here’s a conversation starter if there’s a lull around the Thanksgiving tabl...
Thanksgiving Turkey Shortage, Prices Up 20% With Avian Flu, Inflation
Avian influenza and inflation have led to a turkey shortage and higher turkey prices for … [+] Thanksgiving. (Photo by James Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty Images). Newsday via Getty Images Thanks...
Flu variant that hits kids and seniors harder than other strains is dominant in U.S. right now
A sign advertising flu shots is displayed at a Walgreens pharmacy on January 22, 2018 in San Francisco, California. A strong strain of H3N2 influenza has claimed the lives of 74 Californians under the...
Biden asked to declare emergency over RSV, flu kids hospitalizations
Kazuma Seki | Istock | Getty Images Doctors are calling on the Biden administration to declare an emergency in response to an “alarming surge” of children hospitalized with respiratory syn...
Avian flu threatens British food staples, from English breakfast to Christmas dinner
Egg shortages could be on the cards as avian flu sweeps through Europe. Sam Mellish / Contributor / Getty Images LONDON — The classic English fry-up and traditional Christmas turkey dinner could be un...
As flu hospitalizations surge in the U.S., the Southeast is the hardest hit
Enbal Sabag, a Nurse Practitioner, prepares a flu vaccination for a patient at the CVS Pharmacy and MinuteClinic on September 03, 2020 in Key Biscayne, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Flu hospitali...
Flu hospitalization rate highest in a decade, kids and seniors most at risk
The U.S. is facing the highest flu hospitalization rates in more than a decade with children and the elderly most at risk, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Flu and respirat...
Avian Flu Will Pump Up Prices Of Thanksgiving Turkeys
Sky-high inflation and a persistent outbreak of the viral avian flu is driving up the costs to produce turkey this year while threatening the supply. In Meeker County, Minnesota, at the end of August,...
Annual Covid Booster? Vaccination May Soon Resemble Flu Shot Approach, White House Says
Topline The U.S. will likely shift to offering Covid-19 booster vaccines on a yearly basis like flu shots, White House officials said Tuesday, as the administration begins to roll out a new booster sh...
Universal Vaccine Would Offer Better Protection Against Seasonal Flu, Study Suggests
Topline A universal vaccine could offer broader and better protection against the seasonal flu than current vaccines, which only protect against a narrow set of flu virus strains, according to researc...
U.S. Reports First Human Case Of Contagious Bird Flu In Colorado
Topline A man in Colorado has tested positive for an H5 bird flu virus, state officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday, marking the first recorded human infection ...
Novavax says vaccine targeting Covid and flu shows promising results in early data
Novavax on Wednesday said its vaccine targeting both Covid-19 and the flu triggered an immune response similar to its stand-alone shots against each virus, in an early indication that a combination va...
Egg Prices Up 52% As Avian Flu Has Affected Birds Across 22 States
Egg prices have been rising as the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been spreading … [+] throughout the U.S. (Photo: JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images This is a ch...
Costco’s Rotisserie Chicken Supply Threatened By Bird Flu
Chickens, many of them destined for the spit, have vastly outnumbered humans in Nebraska’s Butler County since Costco spent half a billion dollars on poultry production in the state a few years ago. N...
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Hospitalized With ‘Flu-Like Symptoms’
Topline After experiencing flu-like symptoms, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, 73, was admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. Friday, where he was diagnosed with an infect...
U.S. far from normal with Covid deaths much higher than flu: report
Nurse practitioner Deborah Beauplan administers a COVID-19 swab test at a drive-thru testing site set up for Suffolk County, New York. Newsday | Getty Images The U.S. has a long way to go before the p...
Moderna Stock Crash Worsens Even After Morgan Stanley Says Flu Vaccine Results Could Boost Shares
Topline In a glimmer of hope for one of this year’s worst-performing stocks, Morgan Stanley analyst Matthew Harrison projected incoming results for one of Moderna’s flu vaccine candidates would likely...
Moderna Stock Crash Steepens—But Expert Declares Incoming Flu Vaccine Results Could Show ‘Superiority’
Topline In a glimmer of hope for one of this year’s worst-performing stocks, Morgan Stanley analyst Matthew Harrison projected incoming results for one of Moderna’s flu vaccine candidates ...
Covid will never become an endemic virus, scientist warns
JaruekChairak | iStock | Getty Images Covid-19 will never become an endemic illness and will always behave like an epidemic virus, an expert in biosecurity has warned. Raina MacIntyre, a professor of ...
Bill Gates Believes Covid-19 May Eventually Be Treated Like The Seasonal Flu; Here’s What That Means
As variant after variant of Covid-19 has boldly emerged over the last two years, public health experts and individuals worldwide have the same question in mind: when will the world be free of this dev...
Should we treat Covid like the flu? Europe is starting to think so
People walk in Regent Street, in London. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images LONDON — There are growing calls in Europe for Covid-19 to be treated as an endemic illness like the flu despite stron...
Universal flu vaccine may be next big Moderna, Pfizer mRNA development
Employees in special suits test the procedures for the manufacturing of the messenger RNA (mRNA) for the Covid-19 vaccine in German company BioNTech, in Marburg, Germany on March 29, 2021. Abdulhamid ...
‘Flurona’ Cases Raise Concerns Of Severe Double-Infections
Topline Israel reported a rare case of simultaneous infection with Covid-19 and flu Thursday, raising concerns that seasonal flu outbreaks could leave large swathes of the public vulnerable to severe ...