Dr. Leah Rappaport said the goal is not to eliminate viruses, but to help children handle them safely and recover well.

Cold and flu seasons are back this fall in Michigan and you can protect yourself with a shot. Here's what to know.

Even though Liam Dahlberg was vaccinated before his death earlier this year, he attended school in an Indiana county where ...

Medical experts offered tips for college students to avoid illnesses including upper respiratory infections, mononucleosis ...

As the autumn's cool weather settles in, so does flu season—bringing with it the familiar experiences of sniffles, fever and ...

A new model shows that the ability of an idea to shift in intensity during transmission is what can lead to the viral patterns seen online.

An outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu has been confirmed at a large commercial poultry operation in Grant County near Moses Lake in Eastern Washington. It is the first outbreak of avian influenza ...

How long flu germs live depends on the surface. They can survive on door handles for days but only 8-12 hours on fabric.

In the US, the flu season starts in October and can go until early spring, with cases peaking in February.

Here’s what medical experts say could be behind the recent rise of influenza cases in Japan, India, Singapore, Thailand, and ...

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday said COVID-19 can spread through virus lingering in the air, sometimes for hours, acknowledging concerns widely voiced by public health ...