The nasal spray option could encourage more people who have fears of doctors or needles to inoculate themselves against the ...

To combat this, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved the FluMist nasal spray as the first ...

FLUMIST ® has been approved in the US as the only self-administered influenza vaccine. FLUMIST, a needle-free nasal spray, was approved to be self-administered by adults up to 49 years of age or ...

The F.D.A. authorized AstraZeneca’s treatment to be given outside a health care setting, although it will still need a ...

Tocilizumab -- an interleukin (IL)-6 receptor inhibitor -- was approved by the FDA in 2017 for the treatment of severe or ...

Baloxavir marboxil significantly reduced the likelihood of influenza transmission from the infected patient to the household contacts. Treatment with baloxavir marboxil significantly reduced the risk ...

Roche RHHBY announced positive top-line results from a late-study on influenza drug, Xofluza. The CENTERSTONE study was a global phase III trial investigating the efficacy of single-dose Xofluza, ...

It is not inevitable that H5N1 will develop into a pandemic -- if we act now. Unfortunately, instead of urgent action, we ...

MANILA, Philippines — Indigent senior citizens have to wait a little longer to get free annual flu shots even amid the expected surge in influenza-like illnesses (ILIs), as the Department of ...

FORECAST COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. THE FIRST CASE OF BIRD FLU IN MISSOURI. THE STATE’S HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS YOUR RISK OF GETTING IT IS LOW. THE PATIENT WAS ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed the first case of avian influenza detected through its national influenza surveillance system. It is also the first human case the ...

While these viruses are prevalent globally and most people recover without treatment, influenza spreads easily through coughing or sneezing. Vaccination remains the most effective way to prevent ...