ATLANTA, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- This year's flu season could be long and unpredictable, with the H1N1 virus expected in U.S. schools and seasonal flu among the elderly, health officials said.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- University of Maryland researchers say laboratory tests indicate the H1N1 flu virus spread quickly but it may not mutate into a "superbug" this fall.
WOONSOCKET, R.I., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Seasonal flu shots begin Tuesday without appointment at MinuteClinics and select CVS/pharmacy stores, CVS Caremark officials in Rhode Island say.
OAK BROOK, Ill., Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. hospital workers vaccinated against seasonal flu during the last fall/winter flu season increased by 14 percent, a non-profit says.
MADISON, Wis., July 14 (UPI) -- A team of U.S. virologists says the H1N1 flu virus pathogen is more virulent than previously thought.
ATLANTA, April 28 (UPI) -- There have been no U.S swine flu fatalities so far, but since January more than 13,000 people have died of complications from seasonal flu, officials said.
OXFORD, England, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- British researchers are testing a universal flu vaccine on humans in hopes of ending the need for yearly injections.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. firm BioCryst said Thursday it has been awarded $102.6 million from the U.S. government to develop Peramivir for seasonal/pandemic flu.
PHLADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday its flu vaccine FluLaval has been OK'd for U.S. sales, which the firm said would boost seasonal supplies.
NEW YORK, May 4 (UPI) -- A seasonal flu shot against a possible bird flu pandemic is reported to be under consideration by U.S. public health officials at a Singapore conference. Using an old tool for a new purpose, the idea, still in the talking stage, would be to add to existin
