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The flu shot isn't that effective. Here's why you should still get it.If the flu shot is, on average, between 40% and 60% effective at preventing the flu, why should you get it?
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Rise in H5N6 bird flu may be explained by more-infectious variant, experts worryIt may be that the H5N6 currently circulating transmits to humans more easily.
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3 seals and a fox die from bird flu in rare outbreak at wildlife centerThe strain of bird flu doesn't appear to pose a risk to humans.
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China reports first known human case of H10N3 bird fluNo additional cases of human infection were identified, according to China's National Health Commission.
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Russia reports first cases of humans catching bird flu H5N8There were no reports of human-to-human transmission, only bird-to-human.
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Next flu season could be extra weird, and potentially very badUpcoming flu outbreaks will be less predictable than those of the past.
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How a flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 — by infecting horsesIn 1872 the U.S. economy was growing as the young nation industrialized and expanded westward. Then in the autumn, a sudden shock paralyzed social and economic life.
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New flu virus with 'pandemic potential' found in pigs. Here's what that means.Scientists in China are now warning that they have identified a new flu virus in pigs that could possibly cause a future flu pandemic.
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Scientists may be 'on the cusp' of a universal flu vaccine
We may be one step closer to a universal flu vaccine, according to a new study.
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