The HHS is betting $500 million on developing a universal flu vaccine that could protect against multiple flu strains.

Influenza viruses are shifty entities. A seemingly ingenious and sneaky way for viruses to make these leaps is by swapping genetic material with other flu strains. Called reassortment, this ...

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Pigs could play a key role in ending the flu as we know it. That’s the message behind new research testing a computer-designed vaccine that protects swine from flu—and may one day do the same ...

New research results from mouse and swine studies, describe a vaccine that protects against H1N1 swine flu and can also protect against human and bird influenza variants.  Post-experiment ...

The current flu season has become the deadliest for children since the 2009 swine flu epidemic, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency reports 216 ...

The CDC hasn’t said how many of the children who died were vaccinated. HealthDay News — More US children have died from the flu this season than in any year since the 2009 swine flu pandemic ...

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said 216 pediatric deaths already ...

NEW YORK – More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday. The 216 pediatric deaths ...

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday.

It's the most since the 2009-2010 H1N1 global flu pandemic. The CDC estimated overall at least 47 million illnesses, 610,000 hospitalizations and 26,000 deaths from flu so far this season.