Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research “Small individual gain, larger population gain” sounds like the theme for a preventive medicine conference. It’s actually the headline of an editorial about a ...

Most commonly used drugs don’t reduce symptoms, hospitalizations, or mortality rates for low- and high-risk patients.

Older adults had a lower risk of dying from the flu when they took  oseltamivir (Tamiflu) during influenza hospitalizations, regardless of whether or not they were vaccinated against the virus, a new ...

Yes—but at a slightly smaller dose than teens and adults. Children who are 2 weeks to 12 years old take a twice-daily dose ...

Among adults hospitalized with influenza, Tamiflu treatment on the day of hospital admission was associated with a reduced risk for disease progression.

A recent study conducted on human A(H5N1) cases in the United States found that conjunctivitis was the primary symptom ...

Under the UK's Pharmacy First initiative, people are encouraged to see their pharmacist before consulting their GP—especially ...

It's flu season right now, and the U.S. is in the midst of a wave that's straining hospitals. But not all influenza is the ...

"Zero evidence that the flu shot prevents any hospitalizations or any deaths ... If you get a flu shot you're six times more ...

According to the CDC, last week’s data shows clinical labs saw a 29.4% increase in tests positive for influenza.

Also of note, oseltamivir (Tamiflu) had little or no effect on risk for hospital admission in high-risk patients (RD -0.4%, 95% CI -1.0 to 0.4; high certainty), and all the other antivirals ...