The effectiveness of this season’s flu vaccine in Canada is 40% against medically attended infection with influenza A (H3N2) ...

As the holidays creep around the corner and the country sees the highest flu positivity rate in years, Ontario doctors and pharmacists are urging residents to get immunized. The province will likely ...

A Canadian teen is hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu, a British Columbia health official said Tuesday. It's not clear how the teenager picked up the virus, which ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

I’ve been the chief medical officer for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority since 2022, and I see firsthand how flu season aggravates the pressures on our already strained hospitals. On average, ...

The spike in flu cases widely referred to in media reports as a "superflu" is largely driven by a newly identified subtype of the virus called subclade K. Read on to know more about this new flu ...