This was also the first year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that deaths from flu surpassed deaths from COVID.

Each year, seasonal flu sickens about 1 billion people worldwide and causes approximately 290,000 to 650,000 respiratory ...

Preventing a pandemic means early detection of bird flu strains — surveillance of viral spread and influenza infections in ...

During the 2020-21 season, there were no flu deaths in Washington. Since then, influenza has gradually ramped back up and become more deadly almost every year. Because people’s immune systems ...

Birds can also be infected and spread bird flu with no symptoms. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The disease is widespread worldwide and is causing outbreaks in U.S ...

a drop in wholesale prices and no egg farms having bird flu outbreaks. Industry experts were expecting the index to reflect a drop in retail egg prices because wholesale egg prices dropped ...

Since there were no traces of the infection ... After a virulent attack of avian influenza (H5N1), commonly known as bird flu, in February in districts like East and West Godavari and Krishna ...

As such, seasonal flu vaccines are not designed to protect against avian influenza. No commercially available human vaccines currently exist for avian influenza viruses. Although H5N1 mainly ...