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With measles outbreaks, flu spikes, and COVID as a seasonal threat, learn key differences between these contagious diseases, ...

Over the weekend, health officials in Spain reportedly informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of a possible human case ...

When the flu strikes, one of the biggest concerns is how long you might be contagious. Knowing this can help protect your family, friends, and coworkers from catching the virus. This guide from ...

Influenza, the virus responsible for flu, is known to spread through aerosols (microscopic droplets) released when an infected person coughs, sneezes or even breathes normally. It can also pass from ...

The avian flu is normally hosted in birds and is primarily spread across flock through mucous, saliva or feces. The virus is not frequently transmitted from person-to-person, but can transfer from ...

Flu cases are “very high” across much of Idaho, federal health experts say, and another respiratory virus is on the rise as ...

Weeks after North Carolina's first pediatric flu-related death of the season, influenza rates in the Tar Heel State remain high. A Dec. 17 article from the Citizen Times reported on a Western North ...

It’s shaping up to be one of the worst flu seasons in recent history, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, which tracks the flu virus nationally. (This interactive map provides a visual ...

A swine flu case in Spain with no pig exposure has raised questions about how the virus spread and triggered international health monitoring.