Influenza

Some of the same safety precautions that were encouraged to stop the spread of COVID-19 are also useful for preventing influenza.

In determining the best guidelines for government action during the COVID-19 outbreak, city leaders and officials are looking at how different metros…

Scientists are pushing hard to find a more effective way to prevent nearly all seasonal flu strains with one shot. For starters, they're paying volunteers to spend a 10-day stint in "Hotel Influenza."

Sarah King isn’t afraid of having the flu — in fact, she considers herself an “excellent sick person.”“I have a pretty high pain tolerance,” King said.…

The number of cases reported in Missouri this flu season is only a fifth of last year’s, thanks in part to mild temperatures.There have been 5,460 flu…

Missouri health officials are urging people to get a flu shot this year to prevent a repeat of 2017’s brutal flu season.As of Oct. 6, health officials…

Washington University scientists are identifying genetic features of flu viruses to investigate how to predict flu pandemics. In a study published in the…

The St. Louis County Department of Public Health reports 1,282 cases of influenza in the first week of January. The illness is also causing a low blood…

After a record number of influenza cases in St. Louis County in the last week of 2017, the numbers have dipped, but only slightly. The St. Louis County…

How bad will flu season be this year?Well, it’ll be bad for you, if you catch it. So, get a flu shot, health officials say.Officials with the Centers for…