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There’s been a late rise of influenza A, mostly due to the ‘super K’ strain.
Keeping children home from school if they have COVID-19 protects family and school community members at high risk of serious illness.
New research suggests that with high levels of vaccination and immunity from previous infections, COVID antivirals are no longer working as well.
The world’s pandemic early-warning system is weakest in places affected by armed conflict, where the risk of outbreaks is often greatest.
By interfering with how communities collect data and how researchers access it, the CDC risks undermining the hard-won trust needed for effective public health.
Two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the flu vaccine optional in the military, an outbreak has led several branches of the military to make it mandatory again.
The outbreak isn’t widespread, so the risk to humans is low. But it does have the potential to cause severe illness.
Respiratory diseases like measles and flu pose a much bigger threat to public health for the World Cup than does Ebola.
In the second half of 2025 influenza killed more Australians a month than COVID. Here’s how it happened.
Two experts answer five common questions about the flu vaccine, with the evidence.
Is it the flu, COVID or something else? That old rapid antigen test sitting in your cupboard may tell you. But this is what you need to know.
The US military helped create the first flu vaccine to keep service members in action – and the logic for requiring vaccination has not changed.
Everything you need to know about the flu vaccine, including the nasal spray, egg-free options, who it’s free for and what to do if you’re scared of needles.
There has already been a lot of flu this year but the flu season is unlikely to peak until late winter.
A fear of needles can stop many children from getting a flu vaccine. But a new nasal spray will be available in 2026. Is your kid eligible?
After pushback, the agency reversed course and agreed to review Moderna’s application after all.
The move signals an escalation in the agency’s efforts to interfere with established procedures for testing and approving vaccines.
The US will no longer participate in the WHO’s global influenza monitoring system – a shift experts say will lead to more flu hospitalizations and deaths.
Despite days in close quarters with flu patients, healthy volunteers didn’t get sick – revealing insights into transmission.
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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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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Hon Prof, Dept of Child & Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Nursing, Purdue University
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Lecturer, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University
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Medical Epidemiologist at the National Institute of Communicable Diseases and Lecturer at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor (Adjunct) in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Australian National University
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Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
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Professor of Public Health, Bond University
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Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
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Catedrático de Microbiología. Miembro de la Sociedad Española de Microbiología (SEM), Universidad de Navarra
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Virologist, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Mathematical Biology, The University of Melbourne