Influenza
Two men in Shanghai are the first humans to die from H7N9, a strain of bird flu that has previously not been reported affecting humans, said Chinese authorities on Sunday.
The influenza season has claimed the lives of nearly 80 children.
The pediatric deaths related to the influenza have topped the 2011-2012 season numbers.
Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not monitor the deaths of adults due to the flu, they do monitor mortality rates of children.
As February reaches its halfway point, so does the 2012-13 flu season.
The flu season hits hard among the elderly and the 2012-13 season is no different.
The flu season has so far proven fatal for more than two-dozen children but Walgreens is seeing the positive from the epidemic.
Think you're safe from the flu? It might depend on how far you are.
The 2012-2013 flu season has taken the lives of almost 40 children as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to urge people to take their flu shots while researchers believe they might have found what's making this year's season problematic.
The flu season is reportedly halfway through, but the affects have already been felt for the Garden State.
Is the end of the flu season near?
With the flu season "widespread" among 48 U.S. states, precaution for children is at utmost importance.
The flu season continues to affect may Americas across 50 states with all but two reporting "widespread" influenza infections.
The flu season has reportedly affected the elderly hard as the numbers hospitalized have increased sharply.
The Center for Disease Control's latest weekly Flu report notes that 5,249 confirmed cases of the flu have afflicted the nation from October 1, 2013 to January 12, 2013. U
