Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is a highly contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. For most ...

During the COVID pandemic, the rate of antiviral prescriptions in US emergency departments for children at a high risk for ...

Pediatricians are now urging parents if you haven't already, get your kids vaccinated against the flu. We don't know yet if this flu season will be mild or severe but we do know the flu shot is one of ...

As we head deeper into fall and toward the holiday season, your little one may start to exhibit symptoms like a runny nose, ...

Some Nebraska children who weren't able to receive a flu shot can now get one. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has expanded ...

Severe flu seasons in recent years have brought to light a little-known danger of influenza infections in kids: a rare brain disease called acute necrotizing encephalopathy, or ANE. It’s a fast-moving ...

A pair of lungs preserved over a century ago from a deceased Spanish flu patient has helped unravel the genetic adaptations undergone by the virus to spread across Europe during the start of the 1918 ...

A new report highlights 41 U.S. cases of influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) in children. 27% of affected children died, but rapid intensive care improved outcomes for some ...

WASHINGTON — This year's harsh flu season — the most intense in 15 years — has federal health officials trying to understand if it sparked an increase in a rare but life-threatening brain complication ...