As publicly funded flu vaccinations are expected to run out within a week, the Executive Yuan has granted permission to order a further 100,000 vaccines for 11 high-risk groups, including infants and ...

Did a huge drop-off in people taking the flu vaccine push the authorities to more than double the number of people told to ...

Professor Lau Yu-lung, chairman of the Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases ... of children under six and residents over 65 got their flu vaccinations. Both rates currently ...

Symptoms can include fever, chills, sore throat, fatigue, a runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headaches and a cough, ...

Spanish flu pandemic was caused by a particularly virulent strain of influenza virus. It infected 500 million people, caused ...

The UK has been declared an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) - and bird "gatherings" have been banned in England and ...

McLaughlin suggests staying home from work or school for a full week — if not a little longer — to stop the spread. Also, ...

Low vaccination rates may be contributing to the spread of flu, but data suggests the number of cases so far this season is ...

The flu vaccine is generally about 40% effective at completely preventing influenza, according to Blumberg. The flu vaccine protects against three strains of influenza, including two influenza A ...

The flu vaccine helps protect those most at risk ... People are eligible for a flu vaccination if they are aged 65 or over, pregnant, aged 6 months to 64 years in clinical risk groups, live ...