NEW YORK — Close gatherings over the Thanksgiving holiday could cause an uptick in emergency room visits in New York due to a trio of respiratory illnesses that typically rise this time of year, as ...

Severe flu seasons in recent years have brought to light a little-known danger of influenza infections in kids: a rare brain disease called acute necrotizing encephalopathy, or ANE. It’s a fast-moving ...

Influenza (flu) can be fatal, but just how it causes severe damage to the lungs has been a mystery—until now. New research has identified a protein that acts as a "self-destruct button" in the lungs, ...

Children may be more likely to survive a rare, potentially fatal influenza complication if they receive rapid treatment for brain swelling and extreme immune responses, a Stanford Medicine-led report ...

Influenza, commonly known as the flu, often causes fever, body aches, and a sore throat. These symptoms usually resolve in a week. When you are sick with the flu, it's due to a specific strain of the ...