The person was infected with a bird flu called H5N5, state officials said. It's the nation's first human case of bird flu ...

The Saucy Swine, which has operated inside Redbar, 2245 S. St. Francis Ave., for the past eight years, will serve its last meal on Nov. 2. The business announced its closure on Facebook. “It’s been a ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - State health officials have confirmation of two more swine flu deaths in Wisconsin. The state Department of Health Services says those deaths were in Dodge and St. Croix (KROY) ...

A cocktail of antibodies could give us a new weapon to fight seasonal flu and new strains that cause pandemics. The mix protected mice from various strains of influenza, but hasn’t yet been tested in ...

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(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, there’s a new way to protect yourself and your family from the flu this season - without leaving the house. It’s called ...

Instead of going to the pharmacy to get the annual flu vaccine, many people in the US will now be able to get it shipped to their door to take at home themselves. Starting today, AstraZeneca’s FluMist ...

A surprising new drug combo—including a compound found in chocolate—has outperformed Tamiflu in fighting the flu, according to a study published in PNAS. The mix of Theobromine and Arainosine proved ...

Some people may already have a tiny bit of protection against H5N1 bird flu. Several recent studies have found that those who caught seasonal flus or received flu vaccinations have low levels of ...

Influenza viruses are shifty entities. They accumulate small genetic changes on a regular basis, necessitating yearly updates to the flu vaccines because the prior year’s strain may not look much like ...

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally caused isolated human cases that have quite often been fatal. But last year ...