Countries in the Southern Hemisphere are reporting fewer cases of the flu and it may be because of precautions taken amid COVID-19.
What South Africa's flu season could mean for the US this fall August 19, 2020 Are flu shots covered by Medicare? Yes. Medicare Part B covers one flu vaccine per season, from November through April. Is the flu season going to be bad this year? Although it's impossible to predict, ...
MORE: What South Africa's flu season could mean for the US this fall In all likelihood, being infected with both viruses at the same time would be more dangerous than just one. And experts warn that older Americans -- already more vulnerable to both COVID-19 and the flu -- may be pa...
(H5N1) outbreak had spread across Asia to birds and poultry in many European and some Africa nations. More than 700 cases of A (H5N1) influenza have been identified in humans, largely in Asia; roughly 60% of the cases have been fatal. Another avian strain, A (H7N9), infected humans ...
The seasons are changing and with winter on its way, which heralds the start of the 'flu season'. We chat to Dr Morgan Mkhatshwa, head of operations at Bonitas Medical Fund on why a flu vaccine is recommended, not just by the Scheme but also the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr ...
What if you could avoid the flu all together? If you could prevent contact with people who have the flu, you are well on your way to avoiding the flu all season long. But that shouldn’t be the only thing you do to prevent the flu this season. ...
CAPE TOWN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Bird flu continued to spread in South Africa as more cases of the outbreak were recorded in six of the nine provinces, authorities said on Sunday. To date, more than 600,000 birds have been culled, according to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and...
BMC Infectious Diseases (2022) 22:38 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-07021-7 RESEARCH Open Access Sentinel surveillance for influenza A viruses in Lahore District Pakistan in flu season 2015– 2016 Saima Hasan1, Richard J. Webby2, Muhammad Iqbal1, Hamad Bin Rashid3...
commercial poultry flocks this season, affecting one turkey farm in South Dakota and one in Utah. October 11, 2023 Cambodia records second bird flu death in a week, third this year, after no cases since 2014 A 2-year-old girl has become the second person in Cambodia to die of bird ...
In the Southern Hemisphere where it is flu season, many of the public health measures put in place to protect against Covid-19 could be playing a role in reducing flu circulation. “I think we need to be careful about making an assessment of what may happen in the Northern Hemisphere fo...