There’s been a late rise of influenza A, mostly due to the ‘super K’ strain.
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In the second half of 2025 influenza killed more Australians a month than COVID. Here’s how it happened.
The 2025-26 ‘super’ flu can come with vomiting and diarrhea, alongside the more typical aches and pains of flu.
Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast to hear flu expert Ian Barr describe how the global system works to choose the strains of flu to vaccinate against each year.
Flu season has started a month earlier than last year.
Despite some confusion around changing vaccine guidelines, the CDC still recommends an annual flu shot for everyone 6 months and older.
It’s difficult to predict what this year’s flu season is going to be like. But it’s a good time to start thinking about vaccination.
So far, fewer than half of US children and older adults have been vaccinated during this year’s high-severity flu season.
It may be safest to get your flu shot sooner rather than later.
The COVID pandemic made flu less severe. But now flu is back with a vengeance and all eyes are on Australia.
Rates of flu vaccination are down for children. That leaves them and us vulnerable to the flu and its complications.
Knowing if you have COVID or the flu can affect when you get vaccinated, need a particular antiviral, or if you need to work from home. But these combination tests can be expensive.
Some of the prescription medications you’re taking may not mix with over-the-counter drugs.
We may have an autumn surge in flu cases. So best start planning for your flu shot soon.
Evidence-based tools for dialectical behaviour therapy can help us manage family stressors during the virulent respiratory virus season.
Decades of research show that respiratory illnesses are dramatically reduced when people wear face masks.
Respiratory viruses are hitting young children and infants particularly hard this fall and winter season, and experts don’t yet know exactly why.
Flu and COVID-19 are expected to make headway during the current respiratory virus season. The best way to stay healthy is vaccination in conjunction with personal protective measures.
People are strongly urged to get a flu shot and a COVID booster shot ahead of the potential ‘twindemic’ expected this winter.
When COVID-19 and the flu co-infect, it’s ‘flurona.’ But such cases are rare, and there are effective ways to protect yourself from both viruses.
Top contributors
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
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Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, The Kids Research Institute Australia, The University of Western Australia
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Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
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Professor of Nursing, Purdue University
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Australian National University
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Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor of Complex Systems, Epidemiology and Mathematics, University of Michigan
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western University
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Section head and Medical Director of Pediatric Emergency, Winnipeg Children's Hospital, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba
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Senior Lecturer, Clinical Microbiology, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences