Researchers conducted a prospective, multicenter study across 25 U.S. sites to evaluate Theraflu Home FluTest performance on 996 enrolled participants with influenza-like symptoms from December ...

Credit: Getty Images. The Theraflu Home FluTest, a novel rapid influenza diagnostic test, demonstrated good sensitivity and specificity for both influenza A and B viruses.

Influenza A and B are the most common types of flu in humans. Here, learn about the differences between influenza A and B, including symptoms and treatments.

All four flu pandemics — in 1918, 1957 and 1968 and the swine flu pandemic of 2009 — were caused by Type A viruses. Influenza B viruses, however, only circulate in humans.

As millions across the country suffer through what the Center for Disease Control is now calling the worst flu epidemic in almost 10 years, many people turn to readily available medication.

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At the same time, recent CDC data shows that seasonal influenza A is rising ...

Influenza is a common respiratory virus that is categorized into four types: A, B, C and D. Type C only causes mild infections and type D is not believed to infect humans.

(NEXSTAR) – The flu is spreading far and wide across the U.S. – and influenza A is largely to blame. Of all the flu tests reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since the ...

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape -- to become either spheres or larger filaments -- to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions ...

Influenza activity is elevated across most of the country, with at least 5.3 million illnesses, 63,000 hospitalizations, and 2,700 deaths from flu so far this season, according to the CDC.

The Theraflu Home FluTest, a novel rapid influenza diagnostic test, demonstrated good sensitivity and specificity for both influenza A and B viruses, according to study results presented virtually ...