The Latest Breaking News from Influenza

If you have respiratory symptoms as we head towards winter and flu season, could it be COVID or the flu? Or something else entirely?

Women are more vulnerable to severe respiratory infections caused by a variety of viruses during pregnancy, including influenza A virus (IAV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Read further on Dynamite News:

The study compared the symptoms of Queenslanders who had COVID and influenza 12 weeks after testing positive.

Scientists continue to monitor the ongoing global avian influenza outbreak — also referred to as bird flu — that has killed millions of birds and has now crossed over to some species of mammals. Currently, the risk to humans remains low; however, sporadic human infections with bird flu viruses have…

The Queensland premier and chief health officer are urging residents to get flu jabs after more than 6300 influenza cases have been recorded this year so far.

A woman in China has become the world’s first known human fatality from H3N8 bird flu, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.

COVID vaccines can be administered on the same day as an influenza vaccine.

COVID-19 isn’t “just a flu,” with a study of hospital patients finding that the virus was still 60% deadlier than influenza last winter.

Doctors are urging people to receive influenza vaccines to boost their immunity amid concerns that the flu is likely to rebound following the Covid-19 pandemic.