Severe covid and flu infections may raise the risk of developing lung cancer years later, researchers at the University of ...

Respiratory viruses, such as the flu and COVID-19, may be able to “wake up” dormant cancer cells in patients who have a history of cancer, according to a new study. Researchers tested this hypothesis ...

In a new study, researchers found that being hospitalized for flu or COVID-19 was linked to a 24 percent increase in later lung cancer risk. Learn how to protect yourself.

Prior exposure to one strain of influenza virus may weaken children's ability to mount an effective antibody response against ...

Prior exposure to one strain of influenza virus may weaken children's ability to mount an effective antibody response against their subsequent exposure to a different flu strain, according to a study ...

The cold season is in full swing, throats are scratchy and noses are running. We feel ill and hope it is not the flu. The ...

Scientists at Stanford Medicine have unveiled a bold new kind of “universal” vaccine that could one day protect against everything from COVID-19 and the flu to bacterial pneumonia and even common ...

Seasonal influenza vaccination was associated with a reduced risk for progression to lower respiratory tract disease and hospitalisation in allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT) ...

While current flu shots need to be updated each season, scientists are finding new ways to make vaccine that could last much longer and cover more strains.

Global health officials mandate a new flu vaccine to combat a late-emerging, severe H3N2 variant, as current shots proved 37% ...

Severe COVID or flu may quietly raise lung cancer risk—but vaccines appear to stop the damage before it starts.