As with COVID, testing is the only way to confirm the presence of the influenza virus in your body. While less accurate, rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs) and rapid molecular assays are more ...

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Bird flu continues to infect animals and humans in the United States, with symptoms that some may struggle to discern from human influenza. Scientists have already identified that the virus mutated ...

As we slowly trudge through winter, respiratory illnesses like COVID-19 and the flu are surging across the country. For the week ending January 4, 18.6 percent of influenza tests came back positive, ...

Flu season isn't in full swing yet in the United States, but a mutated strain of the virus that caused severe outbreaks abroad is sparking concern about the winter ahead. A new version of influenza A ...

Ah, January. The season of new beginnings, icy winds, and respiratory infections. With a “quad-demic” of diseases circulating ...