The Latest Breaking News from Influenza

A child under the age of three is one of six COVID-related deaths reported in SA today, as the state also grapples with a sharp surge in influenza cases.

With Australians learning to live with COVID and resuming international travel, cases of influenza are steadily rising.

The population-wide application of the pandemic response can be transitioned to be focused on individual protection

Endemic Covid-19 could still be expected to kill between five and 10 New Zealanders a day, a toll three to six times greater than that of seasonal influenza.

After a series of localised outbreaks in the past few years, avian flu has re-emerged as a major driver of bird deaths across the UK. Until the past few weeks, the latest outbreak of the disease – also known as bird flu or, to scientists, highly pathogenic avian influenza –…

Disease outbreaks can cause unanticipated and disruptive changes, affecting the business environment and policy

Around the world, something very strange is happening with the spread of flu, with a range of specialists saying the COVID-19 pandemic has set off a chain of consequences that interrupted the spread of influenza, possibly throwing out seasonal trends for years to come.

Experts say winter 2022 will redefine what it means for Australia to be "flu ready" as authorities report more than 65,770 confirmed cases of influenza in May.

Dead birds have been reported on several beaches in Northumberland and despite Avian Influenza posing a low risk to humans, it is best not to take any risks - according to Northumberland's County Ecologist

Federal ministers Mark Butler and Anika Wells warn providers with low vaccination rates will have to explain themselves

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is intensifying in Scotland as experts warn the virus is 'new and unprecedented'