More children have died from flu because they also had staph infections, according to a new government report that urges parents to have their kids get the flu shot.

The government has approved a new genetic test for the flu virus that will allow labs across the country to identify flu strains within a few hours.

Far too few Americans get their flu shots each winter, the government is warning as it calls for a record number to line up for inoculations this year _ including 30...

In a Sept. 15 story about tests confirming the presence of the H5N1 strain of bird flu virus at a poultry farm outside Lome, The Associated Press reported erroneously...

Tests performed after the first ever outbreak of bird flu in the West African nation of Togo have confirmed the presence of the virulent H5N1 strain of the virus, state...

An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in the West African nation of Togo for the first time since last year, the Health Ministry said Tuesday.

The nation is set to receive between 143 million and 146 million doses of flu vaccine this fall, a record amount that comes as the government is urging more children...

Lots of youngsters on your street? Watch out: Flu may strike your community sooner and harder than it hits the hip singles neighborhood down the road. Flu-shot season...

Lots of youngsters on your street? Watch out: Flu may strike your community sooner and harder than it hits the hip singles neighborhood down the road.

Nearly a century after history’s most lethal flu faded away, survivors’ bloodstreams still carry super-potent protection against the 1918 virus,...

South Korea plans to declare itself free of bird flu this week, more than three months after a series of outbreaks led authorities to slaughter nearly 8.5 million...

An Indonesian factory worker died of bird flu, bringing the death toll in the country worst hit by the virus to 112, a top health official said Sunday.

A new study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine could explain why the cold and flu virus symptoms that are often mild and transient in non-smokers can seriously...

An Indonesian cargo worker died of bird flu, relatives confirmed Thursday, raising the unofficial toll in the world’s hardest hit nation to 111 in three years.The...

South Korea said Monday it has lifted all special restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of bird flu after a series of recent outbreaks.The Agriculture Ministry...

Health officials ordered the slaughter of all live poultry in Hong Kong’s street markets on Wednesday after detecting one of the largest outbreaks of the bird flu...

A teenager died of bird flu last month, becoming Indonesia’s 109th victim, but the government decided not to announce the death right away. It is part of a new...

A 15-year-old girl died of bird flu last month, becoming Indonesia’s 109th victim, but the government decided to keep the news quiet. It is part of a new policy...

Bangladesh’s Health Ministry says the nation’s first human case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected.The Directorate General of Health Services...

Indonesia announced Thursday it would start sharing all information about its bird flu cases with a new global database to monitor whether the disease is mutating into...