Influenza has caused panic in many Asian countries, including Japan. Hospitalizations are steadily increasing. Japan declared ...

Influenza activity is at lower levels than expected for this time of the year in both hemispheres, the World Health Organization reports. Flu centers and laboratories from 52 countries, areas or ...

Japan’s health authorities have declared an influenza epidemic, with thousands of people infected with the respiratory virus.

According to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), at least 2 patients per institution have been diagnosed ...

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A new UN-led plan has been unveiled to tackle the estimated one billion cases of influenza which occur each year, and protect against the “real” threat of a global pandemic. Announcing the revised ...

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Japan faces an early flu epidemic with 4,000 hospitalisations and 135 school closures. Experts urge immediate vaccination for ...

Winter brings snow, ice, and freezing temperatures, but these climatic conditions are also the harbingers of another time of year: flu season. We all know the signs-chills, fever, sore throat, muscle ...