The Latest Breaking News from Influenza

Australia recorded a mini-spike of lab-confirmed flu cases in January and February, one hundred times more than the same period last year.

Alarming headlines and media coverage have said we’ve had 100 times as many influenza cases in the first two months of 2023 compared with the same time the previous year.

The UK is in the grip of its largest ever outbreak of bird flu. As its name suggests, avian influenza primarily affects birds, but it can also infect humans and other mammals. The virus first emerged in China in 1996 and the highly pathogenic H5N1 is the predominant variant causing…

An influenza outbreak in China picked up intensity over the past week as a major city prepared to enforce pandemic-style lockdowns to curb the surge in infections.

Patients who are treated for COVID-19 will have to pay for their outpatient medical treatment from May 8 because the government's special financing for the treatment will end when the classification of COVID-19 under the Infectious Diseases Law will be downgraded from the current level of "equivalent to Category II"…

A Chinese city may return to Covid-like lockdown measures as part of its plan to contain an outbreak of influenza cases.

Since October 2021 there have been more than 330 cases of avian influenza confirmed across the country

Experts are on pins and needles over an avian virus called H5N1 that has killed 53% of the humans it infected

The cost of a dozen large eggs in California has soared, averaging about $4.50, up from $2.35 at this time last year. And the prices for any food that uses eggs as an ingredient, such as mayonnaise and baked goods, are also climbing.