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 ...

Influenza (flu) can be fatal, but just how it causes severe damage to the lungs has been a mystery—until now. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. New research has ...

In a large study of 429,595 adults aged 65 years or older, adjuvanted and high-dose influenza vaccines showed no significant ...

The bird flu virus has now become lethal. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention disclosed that a person with severe avian influenza died from the infection in early January, becoming the first ...

Flu has killed one child, and 29 adults this season. The best protection from the flu is to get a flu vaccine, health officials say. DPH said likelihood of getting the flu in Massachusetts right now ...