A teenager in British Columbia, Canada, is hospitalized with the country's first confirmed case of the H5N1 bird flu virus.

Some antiviral drugs demonstrate high effectiveness against bovine H5N1. A recent study published in Nature reports that a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus, isolated from the eye of ...

Doctors will usually prescribe oseltamivir (Tamiflu) or baloxavir (Xofluza) to treat the flu, although zanamivir (Relenza Diskhaler) is also an option. OTC fever-reducing medication like acetaminophen ...

Fortunately, most people with the flu feel better within about a week of their symptoms beginning. Nonetheless, the average ...

In a dramatic turn of events that makes for some great storytelling, Cidara's novel drug-Fc conjugate, once locked up in a ...

Background: The efficacy and tolerability of the neuraminidase inhibitor zanamivir in the treatment of influenza have been established in an extensive programme of controlled clinical trials.

Fever can be a symptom of pneumonia, but it is possible to have pneumonia with no fever. Learn more about how it’s diagnosed.

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