A more severe type of flu is set to wreak havoc on the NHS this winter, with infections circulating at a rate not typically seen until early December. Given that the virus has begun circulating five ...

News that northern China is seeing a surge of the respiratory illness called human metapneumovirus (HMPV), bringing an uptick in hospitalizations, is sparking a bit of anxious déjà vu on social media.

A respiratory virus that once primarily affected birds and rarely infected humans has undergone a concerning transformation. H5N1, commonly known as bird flu, has established an unprecedented foothold ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The current outbreak of bird flu has contributed to an egg shortage, driving up egg prices. Most consumer products are safe from ...

Flu and COVID-19 in El Paso peaked in mid-December as viruses continued to circulate while vaccination rates fell, El Paso city and county health authority Dr. Hector Ocaranza said. Flu season ...

The bird flu virus infecting farm flocks across the UK could be the most infectious yet, the government's former top expert in avian virology has warned. Pirbright Institute's Professor Ian Brown, ...