influenza

In a pandemic, getting the flu shot is more important than ever. But Ontario paediatricians say a wide-scale vaccination plan is urgently needed.

Many parents rely on the nasal flu vaccine because their kids don't like needles, but an ingredient shortage means you’ll need the shot this year.

All that’s required is a change of mindset: You have to see your home like a hospital. Then, just follow a few relatively easy steps.

If you thought you had to touch a contaminated surface, or be coughed or sneezed on to get the influenza virus, think again.

Why am I telling you all of these things about Jude? Because these little things are all we have of him now. He’s gone and there will never be more of him.

Everyone's talking about this year's terrible flu season and it's been called an epidemic, which sounds pretty scary. But should you be worried?

A doctor set out to prove men really do experience colds and flu worse than women, but does that mean they need to lie on the couch wallowing for days?

A new study shows that kids who get vaccinated with the flu shot are way less likely to die of the flu, whether they're predisposed to complications or not.