In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately. Young, old, sick and otherwise-healthy people all became infected — at ...

Many emergency rooms in Quebec are operating at almost 200% capacity. As Global's Matilda Cerone reports, a mix of pre-existing problems, and influenza season are at fault.

A surge in respiratory infections in China has put in focus a little known virus—the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV)—largely ...

Flu is taking off in the U.S., with 40 states reporting high or very high levels of flu-like illness last week.