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A new section on Influenza, Flu or the common cold,with all the latest research and developments about Influenza or Flu and the common cold. It also includes all the various kinds of viruses associated with Influenza or Flu and ways to prevent Influenza or Flu. Also there are article on how to treat Flu or Influenza symptoms and all the latest drugs available for Flu or Influenza and the common co...
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Nikhil Prasad  Jan 05, 2026  8 hours ago
Medical News: Croatia is facing an unusually intense influenza season as new surveillance data reveals a dramatic spike in flu activity, raising alarms among public health authorities and healthcare providers nationwide. Croatia battles an explosive flu season as positivity rates and hospitalizations climb sharply nationwide Early and Aggressive Start to the Flu Season The 2025/2026 influ...
Nikhil Prasad  Jan 04, 2026  1 day ago
Medical News: A Growing Problem with Seasonal Flu Influenza or flu continues to infect millions every year, causing severe illness and many deaths worldwide. While vaccines and antiviral drugs exist, the flu virus changes rapidly, often becoming resistant to current treatments. This has pushed scientists to search for new and safer alternatives, especially from natural sources that have been used...
Nikhil Prasad  Jan 04, 2026  1 day ago
Medical News: Puerto Rico is grappling with a severe influenza crisis that is now spilling beyond hospitals and into major sporting events, disrupting lives and raising alarms among health authorities. A dangerous surge in influenza cases, largely driven by the H3N2 strain, has already claimed the lives of children and forced the abrupt cancellation of one of the island’s most anticipated co...
Nikhil Prasad  Jan 03, 2026  2 days ago
Medical News: Influenza Remains a Serious Threat for The Vulnerable Influenza is often viewed as a mild seasonal illness, but for people with weakened immune systems it can quickly become deadly. Immunocompromised individuals include cancer patients, organ transplant recipients, people receiving immune suppressing medications, and those with advanced HIV infection. A new comprehensive study expla...
Nikhil Prasad  Jan 03, 2026  2 days ago
Medical News: In a world where flu viruses like bird flu and swine flu keep making headlines, scientists are turning to nature for answers. Imagine everyday plants holding the key to fighting these sneaky germs. That's exactly what researchers have uncovered with special proteins called lectins from three Asian plants: the fragrant pandan leaf (Pandanus amaryllifolius), the Chinese daffodil (N...
Nikhil Prasad  Jan 03, 2026  2 days ago
Medical News: As flu cases surge across many regions, public concern is rising and for good reason. Health systems are once again under pressure as influenza spreads rapidly through communities. Against this backdrop, at home flu test kits are gaining attention as a convenient first line tool to identify infection early and limit transmission. But the key question remains how reliable are these ki...
Nikhil Prasad  Jan 02, 2026  3 days ago
Medical News: Flu Season Explodes Across the United States The United States is facing one of its most aggressive flu seasons in recent years, with new federal data revealing a rapid escalation in infections hospitalizations and deaths. According to the latest updates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 7.5 million people have already been infected this season, ...
Nikhil Prasad  Jan 02, 2026  3 days ago
Medical News: The world is grappling with a ferocious flu surge, driven by a hyper-mutated H3N2 strain known as subclade K. This variant, exploding across continents since late-2025, has amassed an unprecedented number of genetic changes, sparking fears of a brutal winter season that could overwhelm hospitals and evade vaccines. However, new genomic sequences uploaded on the GISAID platform are in...
Nikhil Prasad  Jan 01, 2026  4 days ago
Medical News: H3N2 Flu May Trigger Lasting Brain Damage A new scientific study has revealed that infection with the common H3N2 influenza virus may have lasting effects on the brain, even after the flu symptoms have completely disappeared. While most people think of the flu as a short-term illness affecting the lungs and airways, researchers now warn that its impact may be far more serious and lo...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 29, 2025  7 days ago
Medical News: In the ever-evolving battle against viral infections, one drug has quietly maintained a stronghold in Eastern medicine while being conspicuously absent from Western pharmacies. Arbidol, also known as Umifenovir, emerges as a broad-spectrum antiviral agent with roots in Soviet-era research, offering potential defenses against influenza and beyond. Many studies conducted in Russia and ...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 28, 2025  8 days ago
Medical News: US CDC Warns Flu Surge Is Accelerating Nationwide Seasonal influenza activity is steadily rising across the United States, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning that the current surge is likely to intensify further in the coming weeks. Patterns observed so far mirror several previous flu seasons, but the growing number of infections suggests the 2025 to 20...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 23, 2025  13 days ago
Medical News: In recent weeks, health authorities and doctors around the world have noted a troubling trend: individuals recovering from H3N2 influenza infections are reporting persistent vision issues. These range from blurred sight and light sensitivity to more severe optic nerve complications, raising alarms among ophthalmologists and infectious disease experts. While H3N2, a subtype of influen...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 22, 2025  14 days ago
Medical News: Influenza Cases Rise Rapidly Nationwide Seasonal influenza is spreading aggressively across the United States, with public health authorities warning that the pace of infections is likely to intensify in the coming days. Newly released data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the CDC, shows that flu activity is climbing steadily, pushing the nation closer to th...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 19, 2025  17 days ago
Medical News: Tamiflu Use Surges as H3N2 Cases Rise As H3N2 influenza cases climb globally, concerns are growing over how the antiviral drug oseltamivir, widely known as Tamiflu, is being prescribed. In countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, reports indicate that some doctors are hastily prescribing the drug even for mild or moderate flu symptoms. In several cases, p...
James Josh  Dec 16, 2025  20 days ago
Medical News: UK Hospitals Buckle Under Historic Flu Surge Hospitals across the United Kingdom are reeling from an unprecedented wave of influenza hospitalizations this winter, with clinicians warning of record overcrowding, critical pressures on emergency departments and healthcare staff being told to stop testing patients for COVID-19 to keep beds open for the deluge of flu cases. Such advice b...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 14, 2025  22 days ago
Medical News: A Natural Option to Prevent Influenza May Be Closer Than Expected A new observational study conducted in Bulgaria suggests that the common and inexpensive cough medicine bromhexine hydrochloride (BRH) may offer significant protection against influenza when used prophylactically. Inspired by earlier success in COVID-19 prevention, researchers from multiple departments at Medical Univ...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 14, 2025  22 days ago
Medical News: Public frustration is rising across many countries as the current flu season unfolds alongside the spread of a newly mutated H3N2 K clade strain that appears to differ antigenically from the strain used in most 2025–2026 Northern Hemisphere influenza vaccines. Many members of the public are openly questioning why health authorities continue recommending seasonal flu vaccination...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 13, 2025  23 days ago
Medical News: Ancient Practice Meets Modern Science Influenza A remains one of the world’s most dangerous seasonal viruses, capable of causing severe lung inflammation, hospitalizations, and deaths, especially among the elderly and those with weaker immunity. While vaccines and antiviral drugs exist, they do not always work well for everyone and often need repeated use. Now, a new study fro...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 13, 2025  23 days ago
Medical News: A team of researchers from Universiti Malaya in Malaysia and Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. in Japan have discovered that a specific probiotic strain called Lactococcus lactis strain plasma, or LC-Plasma, may help the human immune system fight dangerous viruses like SARS-CoV-2 and H1N1. The team found that this probiotic can stimulate the body’s immune cells to produce powerful antiv...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 12, 2025  24 days ago
Medical News: A growing body of scientific evidence is placing renewed focus on Pelargonium sidoides, a medicinal plant native to southern Africa that has been traditionally used for treating respiratory ailments for well over a century. In modern medicine, attention has centered on a standardized root extract known as EPs 7630, which is already widely prescribed or sold over the counter in many c...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 12, 2025  24 days ago
In Spain, H5N1 Circulates in Wildlife While H3N2 Dominates Humans and Swine Flu Circulates in Pigs, Not Forgetting That There Are Many Locals Who Are Immunodeficient Due to HIV   Medical News: Spain Flu Melting Pot Raises Fears of a Dangerous New Variant Spain is fast becoming one of Europe’s most worrying influenza hotspots, with multiple flu strains circulating simultaneously acros...
James Josh  Dec 11, 2025  25 days ago
Thailand Medical News Exclusive: Secret Weapon Against Flu Viruses In a stunning revelation that’s raising serious questions about transparency and biosecurity, a powerful new prophylactic flu treatment called Tivoxavir Marboxil (Tivor) is reportedly being kept under wraps by select American government agencies and billionaire elites. This investigational drug, designed to act as a one-time ...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 10, 2025  26 days ago
Medical News: Flu season slams into high gear across New York New York is experiencing a sharp and early surge in flu cases, with more than 14,500 lab-confirmed infections recorded in just the final week of November. That’s a dramatic 80 percent increase from the previous week, signaling the official arrival of flu season with alarming force. Hospitalizations have also nearly doubled during...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 08, 2025  28 days ago
Medical News: New Herbal Hope for Flu Treatment from Southeast Asian Plant A plant long used in Southeast Asian traditional medicine may soon become a modern-day weapon against the flu. Scientists from Kunming Medical University, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Wuhan Institute of Biological Products Co. Ltd., and Guizhou Holy Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have discovered that Blumea balsa...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 07, 2025  29 days ago
Medical News: A Traditional Remedy Put to the Test In a groundbreaking clinical trial involving 231 children across 14 major hospitals in China, a team of pediatric and respiratory medicine experts has confirmed that Qinxiang Qingjie (QXQJ), a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbal oral solution, is just as effective and safe as oseltamivir in treating pediatric influenza. This randomized, doub...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 07, 2025  29 days ago
Medical News: Researchers from Changwon National University and Amicogen Inc., South Korea, have discovered a powerful new antiviral combination that could offer natural protection against dangerous respiratory infections like influenza A (H1N1) and human parainfluenza virus type 3 (HPIV3). Their study focused on the effects of deacetylated chitosan, a compound derived from shrimp and crab shells,...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 06, 2025  30 days ago
Medical News: Hospitals Prepare for Rising Pressure Mallorca’s healthcare system is bracing for a sharp rise in flu and respiratory virus admissions as regional authorities confirm that the islands have now officially entered an epidemic phase. Health officials revealed that the Balearic Health Service is ready to activate up to 215 additional hospital beds across the islands to cope with t...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 05, 2025  1 month ago
Medical News: Pediatric Hospitals Hit by Record Flu Wave Canadian children’s hospitals are facing a severe crisis as an unusually early and aggressive flu season drives record numbers of young patients into emergency departments. Facilities from Ontario to Quebec are reporting unprecedented levels of influenza A infections, with many children experiencing serious illness requiring hospitali...
Kittisak Meepoon  Dec 05, 2025  1 month ago
Medical News: Virus Outbreak Triggers Crisis Across 17 Provinces Hospitals across China are grappling with an alarming surge of infections linked to the highly contagious H3N2 strain of Influenza A, with at least 17 provinces reporting overwhelmed emergency rooms, especially in pediatric wards. This viral wave has struck cities including Beijing, Tianjin, and provincial areas such as Hebei, Henan...
Kittisak Meepoon  Dec 04, 2025  1 month ago
Medical News: Growing Interest in Everyday Nutrients as Antiviral Helpers A past study had sparked global attention by revealing that a simple amino acid found in common foods could reduce the ability of dangerous viruses like SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A to infect human cells. Conducted by researchers from China Medical University Taichung, China Medical University Hospital Taichung, Academia Sinic...
Kittisak Meepoon  Dec 04, 2025  1 month ago
Medical News: Natural Plant Compounds Offer New Hope Against Influenza A A new study by researchers from the School of Science at Monash University Malaysia has revealed that certain plant extracts or phytochemicals show strong antiviral activity against Influenza A virus (IAV), a strain known for causing global flu pandemics. As flu viruses continue to evolve and develop resistance to existing t...
Kittisak Meepoon  Dec 04, 2025  1 month ago
Medical News: Flu Surge Shatters Records Across England Hospitals across England are witnessing a historic spike in flu-related admissions, with the latest NHS England winter reports revealing that flu hospitalizations have skyrocketed to ten times the levels seen two years ago. A particularly aggressive H3N2 strain is fueling this surge, sparking widespread concern across the UK’s strained...
Kittisak Meepoon  Dec 04, 2025  1 month ago
Medical News: A public health crisis is rapidly unfolding in Kyrgyzstan as the nation faces a massive surge in acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI) and influenza. In just one week, over 36,000 cases were officially reported between November 24 and November 30, more than doubling the previous week's numbers and triggering emergency responses across multiple regions. Over 36000 flu and...
Kittisak Meepoon  Dec 04, 2025  1 month ago
Medical News: Hospitals Overwhelmed as Flu Cases Triple in Just Two Weeks Northern Ireland is currently experiencing one of its most severe influenza outbreaks in recent memory, with hospitalized flu cases among both adults and children skyrocketing from 273 to 954 in just two weeks. This dramatic increase has prompted widespread concern among medical professionals, particularly due to the alarmi...
Kittisak Meepoon  Dec 02, 2025  1 month ago
Medical News: A Silent Nutrient Shortage with Serious Immune Consequences New scientific findings are revealing how a simple lack of dietary iron can quietly weaken the body’s long-term immune defenses against respiratory infections. Researchers from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons have discovered that when the body is low in iron during a flu infection, the m...
Nikhil Prasad  Dec 01, 2025  1 month ago
Medical News:  Cases Surge Rapidly Across China China is witnessing a sharp rise in influenza cases as the nation enters a more intense phase of its seasonal flu wave. According to new updates highlighted in this Medical News report, infection numbers are climbing faster than expected, and health authorities warn that the upward trend may continue in the coming weeks. The Chinese Center for ...
Nikhil Prasad  Nov 29, 2025  1 month ago
Medical News: A Rare Infection Raises Concern Among Health Officials Health authorities in the United States have confirmed a new human case of the influenza A(H1N2)v virus in Vermont, involving an adult aged 18 years or older. The patient developed flu-like symptoms during the last week, sought medical care, was hospitalized briefly, and has since recovered. The Vermont Department of Health repor...
Nikhil Prasad  Nov 26, 2025  1 month ago
Medical News: Emerging Concern Over Long-Term Nerve Pain After Viral Infections A new scientific review by researchers from the Grigore T Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Romania warns that common respiratory viruses such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2 can leave behind long-lasting nerve pain and neurological problems by disrupting the body’s natural ability to switch off inflammatio...
Nikhil Prasad  Nov 24, 2025  1 month ago
Medical News: New Clues Hidden in the Flu Virus Genetic Folds A team of scientists from the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Ensemble3 in Warsaw, and the Mossakowski Medical Research Institute has uncovered a surprising structural weakness inside the influenza A virus. Their study focused on unusual shapes formed within the virus RNA called G-quadruplexes or G4...
Nikhil Prasad  Nov 15, 2025  2 months ago
Medical News: A Natural Compound Shows Powerful Anti-Flu Activity A past scientific investigation has revealed that chlorogenic acid, a natural plant-based compound found in herbal plants such as Lonicera japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle), has strong antiviral effects against dangerous influenza viruses. The research was carried out by scientists from the State Key Laboratory of New-tech for Chines...
Nikhil Prasad  Nov 15, 2025  2 months ago
Medical News: First Recorded Human H5N5 Case Confirmed in Washington Health authorities in Washington State have verified a human infection with the H5N5 avian influenza strain in Grays Harbor County, the first documented case of this subtype in a person anywhere in the world. The patient, an older adult with underlying medical conditions, was hospitalized after developing serious flu-like sympto...
Nikhil Prasad  Nov 14, 2025  2 months ago
Medical News: Nigeria is now confronting a worrying escalation in respiratory infections, with hospitals and clinics in major cities reporting a sharp spike in people arriving with high fever, cough, breathing difficulties, and severe body aches. What initially appeared to be a routine seasonal surge has begun to trigger public anxiety as symptoms grow more intense and spread more rapidly. Officia...
Nikhil Prasad  Nov 13, 2025  2 months ago
Medical News: Scientists Uncover a Promising Herbal Defense Against A Dangerous Flu Strain A new scientific study from researchers at the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, the National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health and The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University in China has discovered that a natural pla...
Nikhil Prasad  Nov 12, 2025  2 months ago
Medical News: A Nationwide Flu Epidemic Takes Hold As November 2025 unfolds, Japan is grappling with an unusually aggressive influenza season that began five weeks ahead of schedule. Health authorities declared a nationwide epidemic in early October after cases spiked dramatically, overwhelming hospitals and prompting school closures across the country. This early onset marks the second-earliest f...
Nikhil Prasad  Nov 11, 2025  2 months ago
Medical News: Global Fears Rise Over New Flu Mutation Health experts are sounding the alarm over a newly mutated strain of the H3N2 influenza virus that has already begun spreading rapidly across several countries, sparking fears of the worst flu season in more than ten years. This variant, which carries seven distinct genetic mutations, has been linked to unusually severe cases in both Japan and ...
Nikhil Prasad  Oct 15, 2025  3 months ago
Medical News: Rising Infections Force School Closures Nationwide Malaysia is facing a significant influenza outbreak that has infected nearly 6,000 students, prompting the closure of several schools across multiple states. Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad confirmed that the Ministry of Health is coordinating closely with the Ministry of Education to implement stronger containment measures and to p...
Nikhil Prasad  Oct 11, 2025  3 months ago
Medical News: Early Flu Surge Triggers Nationwide Health Emergency Japan that declared a nationwide influenza epidemic a week ago due to a shocking and early surge in flu cases swept across the country is witnessing conditions worsening. The outbreak which arrived five weeks ahead of the usual flu season, has overwhelmed hospitals, forced schools to shut down, and raised serious concerns among he...
Nikhil Prasad  Sep 28, 2025  3 months ago
Medical News: Growing Fears Over H5N1 Bird Flu A new scientific study has raised urgent concerns about the highly dangerous H5N1 avian influenza virus. Researchers from the State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity at the Academy of Military Medical Science in Beijing, the Beijing University of Chemical Technology, the Inner Mongolia Medical University, and the Chinese Academy of Medical S...
Nikhil Prasad  Sep 18, 2025  4 months ago
Medical News: A Dangerous Flu Season Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, led by Alissa O’Halloran, have uncovered alarming data from the 2024-2025 influenza season. This Medical News report reveals that flu-related hospitalizations in the United States surged to the highest level seen in more than a decade, surpassing all records since syst...
Nikhil Prasad  Sep 09, 2025  4 months ago
Medical News: A New Threat from an Old Virus Researchers in China are raising alarm over the resurgence of a more virulent and dangerous form of the H1N1 influenza virus that once caused a global pandemic. A new study carried out in Anhui Province has shown that the strain known as H1N1pdm09 has reappeared after years of low activity and is evolving in ways that could make it harder to control. T...
Nikhil Prasad  Sep 04, 2025  4 months ago
Thailand Medical News: Influenza and Its Hidden Dangers Influenza A virus remains one of the world’s most persistent health threats, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. While most people think of flu as a short-term illness, severe infections can trigger pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and even long-term scarring of the lungs known as pulmonary ...
Nikhil Prasad  Sep 02, 2025  4 months ago
Thailand Medical News: A Traditional Fruit Shows Modern Potential A group of Japanese researchers has discovered that an extract from Prunus mume, better known as the Japanese apricot or Ume, can directly stop both COVID-19 and influenza viruses from spreading in laboratory experiments. Ume is a familiar ingredient in Japanese households, often consumed as pickled plums called Umeboshi. Scientist...
Nikhil Prasad  Sep 01, 2025  4 months ago
Medical News: Licorice Compound Could Be a Gamechanger for Influenza Treatment A team of researchers from the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine and the Academy of Military Medical Sciences in Beijing have made an exciting discovery. They found that licoflavone B, a natural compound extracted from licorice, can strongly suppress influenza viruses by targeting a key enzyme that the virus needs...
Nikhil Prasad  Aug 01, 2025  5 months ago
Medical News: In a promising scientific breakthrough, researchers have discovered that zinc ions can effectively block the influenza virus from attaching to human cells—an action that takes place in just one minute and lasts for at least 24 hours. The study, conducted by scientists from Princeton University in the United States and Ascend Performance Materials in Texas, offers fresh insight ...
Nikhil Prasad  Jul 11, 2025  6 months ago
Thailand Medical News: Natural Compound Shows Promising Results in Treating Viral Pneumonia A new study led by Russian scientists has revealed that a natural compound found in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cabbage could significantly improve recovery from severe pneumonia caused by influenza and SARS-CoV-2. The phytochemical, called 3,3′-Diindolylmethane (DIM), was tested in spec...

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