SAN FRANCISCO -- As fears rise over China's coronavirus outbreak spreading to the United States, more and more people are looking for ways to protect themselves. One of the most in-demand items are ...

Face masks can help to reduce transmission of respiratory viruses such as influenza, according to experts and medical ...

A rapidly spreading strain of a deadly influenza—now widely referred to as the “super flu”—is prompting school closures, new hospital restrictions, and rising pandemic concern as infection rates climb ...

A deadly quad-demic is taking shape in the US as the months get colder and people gather indoors, threatening to overwhelm hospitals, disrupt children’s education and pose a deadly risk to vulnerable ...

This article was originally published on May 22, 2024, and is being republished by The Independent as the UK grapples with a “tidal wave” of illness this flu season When a Texan farm worker caught ...

Kemi Badenoch has rejected calls for masks to be worn in public again, as NHS bosses talk of a coming “tidal wave” of flu infections. I am “still slightly traumatised by all the mask-wearing that we ...

Increasing coronavirus infections throughout the three-county Central Health District are having a heavy toll on everything from schools and day care centers to emergency services, from churches and ...