A record number of influenza cases has been recorded in Australia, jumping 50 per cent from the same period last year.

Although winter is coming to a close, cold and flu season is still threatening our immune systems. Dr. Roger Seheult offers advice on how to stay healthy with these daily practices.

Doctors have warned that record influenza detections between January and March could be an “ominous sign” for winter.

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) says the winter influenza season has come to an end after about 11 weeks, but people ...

A look at the numbers behind peak flu season during the month of February ... predict these numbers will continue to grow in the coming weeks. Respiratory illness activity is currently considered ...

And though flu season is coming to a close, a flu vaccine is still an option. “It’s not too late to get vaccinated, of course. It takes a little time for the vaccine to kick in, but even now ...

New York’s flu season appeared poised to end in coming weeks after reaching record-breaking peaks last month, state data show. More than 432,700 flu cases had hit New York by March 1 ...

Data to date suggests the season has peaked; however, flu-related medical visits, hospitalizations, and deaths remain elevated, and the CDC expects several more weeks of above-average flu activity.

“I’m glad that they’ve come out with the influenza recommendation in a timely manner,” Dr. Paul Offit, a member of the independent advisory committee and director of the Vaccine Education Center at ...

A tough flu season winds down With the supply of flu ... full details until March when the first larger studies should be coming out that give us more details.” The University of Minnesota ...

South Africa faces an annual health threat that claims more than 10 000 lives and leads to thousands of hospitalisations, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).