Cold and Flu

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and their medical contractors do not administer influenza vaccines to migrants being held at detention centers along the U.S.-Mexico border, reports said Tuesday.

Pigs at a recent fair in Michigan tested positive for swine flu, the Livingston County Health Department said in a statement over the weekend. 

The benefits of eating elderberries when you have the flu — especially to fight off symptoms of the nasty virus —  have long been documented. But a new study released this week claims to have discovered why that is. 

A young girl in St. Louis, Missouri, is struggling to survive after developing a rare neurological disease that is likely a complication of the flu.

An Oregon school district said a high school freshman died over the weekend of a flu-related illness, as the state reports wide-spread viral activity. 

CDC officials are warning that flu season is declining, but a stronger strain of the virus is on the rise.

More than 300 total students at a middle school in Illinois called out sick earlier this week reportedly due to an isolated outbreak of the flu.

Health officials say further research has not found a miscarriage risk for women who get annual flu shots.

A North Carolina community is mourning the loss of an eighth-grade student who died following severe complications of the flu virus.

An Ohio girl died this week, just one day after being diagnosed with strep throat and the flu, the girl’s mother said.