SYDNEY/CANBERRA (Reuters) -Australia reported its first human case of avian influenza on Wednesday in a child who authorities said had been infected in India but made a full recovery, while a ...

Health officials expect the upcoming 2025–26 flu season to be moderate compared to last year, but experts say everyone who is eligible should get vaccinated against influenza this fall.

Step into one of Australia's few biosafety level 4 facilities, where scientists handle highly transmissible and potentially lethal pathogens such as Ebola and Hendra virus.

Most pregnant women who contract bird flu will die, and the majority of their unborn babies will also not survive, according to an Australian review. The highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1), ...

As Canada enters the early stages of influenza season, experts warn that Australia’s record-breaking flu outbreak may offer a ...

Scientists have issued warnings that the H5N1 avian influenza panzootic raging around the planet is likely to arrive in Australia in spring and summer via migratory birds. A panzootic is the ...

Influenza deaths in the first seven months of this year have surpassed the same period in the most recent severe flu year of 2019, according to new ...

Twelve people have died and more than 2800 cases of influenza have been reported in the Northern Territory this year with ...

It's been dubbed "the forgotten pandemic" — possibly because it coincided with some of the most momentous events in world history. But Dr John Gerrard argues variants of the H3N2 flu, which led to the ...

"It is theorized that 2 doses are necessary for influenza vaccine–naive children because they may also be influenza infection ...

Avian influenza-induced supply issues hold back progress for Australia’s supermarkets in stocking eggs only from cage-free ...