Every winter, respiratory viruses, especially influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and RSV, put huge pressure on health care systems ...

Amid influenza outbreaks in several parts of the world, questions are being raised about the Punjab healthcare sector's preparedness to deal with emerging aggressive flu variants.Despite growing ...

Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population has dismissed widespread online rumours alleging the emergence of a new respiratory ...

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics, Department of Emergency Medicine; Faculty, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia Rapid tests currently on ...

While there were 18,500 laboratory-confirmed deaths due to the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009, new estimates from an international group of researchers indicate more than half a million people ...

Though most vaccinations are generally thought of as safe by health officials, people who got the 2009 H1N1 vaccine may have had a higher risk of getting Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). Researchers ...

February 24, 2009 Patient zero is said to be a 6-month-old girl from northern Mexico, according to Celia Alpuche of the Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference in Mexico City. (Cohen J.

A new analysis suggests H1N1 deaths 15 times higher than lab tests counted. June 25, 2012— -- The swine flu virus, H1N1, may have killed 15 times the number of people counted by the World Health ...

Pandemic viruses may promote bacterial infections 1, injure the lungs 2,3,4, decrease type I interferon (IFN) abundance 5, promote a cytokine storm and induce apoptosis 6 to cause severe disease.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is urging residents to get vaccinated ahead of holiday travel and ...