This year’s flu season is shaping up to be a nasty one—driven by a new variant of the influenza virus that may be able to slip past our vaccine defenses. A mutated form of the influenza A strain H3N2 ...

Flu season in America is underway with a new variant called subclade K, recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data shows. In the week ending December 6, the first full week after ...

The latest data on respiratory illness in the United States shows that shoppers and merry-makers are spreading more than just holiday cheer: They’re also passing around germs. In many cases, it’s a ...

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At least 14 states and Washington, DC, are reporting high or very high flu activity. The dominant flu strain, a version of influenza A (H3N2) called subclade K, has multiple mutations that make it ...

Clay Halton was a Business Editor at Investopedia and has been working in the finance publishing field for more than five years. He also writes and edits personal finance content, with a focus on ...

A rower in an all-women team from Scotland had to be rescued during an attempt to race across the Atlantic – after becoming severely seasick. Andrena McShane-Kerr became so weak she could not lift her ...