Flu activity is rising sharply in the U.S. this season with at least 7.5 million estimated cases so far, largely due to a new variant of influenza type A called subclade K. Subclade K emerged after ...

Roche has signed a voluntary license agreement providing its popular influenza antiviral drug Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) ...

Influenza, and not the antiviral treatment for it, is responsible for increased neuropsychiatric risks in pediatric patients, new research suggested. The risk for these events was about 50% lower in ...

Dear A.T.R.: Both colds and influenza (the "flu") are respiratory illnesses that are caused by viruses. Influenza is caused specifically by the influenza viruses, which come in two main types (A and B ...

Avian influenza can jump species from birds to humans, a fact that arouses concern for serious illness and broader human ...