Dr. Anthony Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases discusses how Covid-19 could be removed as a public-health threat with a widely administered vaccine plan and strong public-health measures.

The flu vaccine is tailored from year to year to match the current/expected strains. That means it’s sometimes a home run, and sometimes less of one. You, and your kids, should still get one every year.

The CDC is encouraging the public to get vaccinated for the flu and common cold as flu season typically starts in October.

Dianna from Physics Girl interviews an ER Nurse Practitioner and an Epidemiologist about their experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Outbreaks of deadly infectious diseases like Ebola, Zika and cholera are on the rise-and can go global quickly. Budgets to control them, meanwhile, are shrinking. What's the latest, best work on stopping outbreaks in their tracks?

Tech companies, airlines and governments around the world are beginning to collaborate on 'digital passports' that could make travel easier across borders. A look at how technology can help digitize health records and change the way we...

The AMA recommends vaccination for everyone 6 months and older, particularly adults over 75. (Scripps News)

Dr. Christopher Labos, an epidemiologist and cardiologist, joins CBC News to discuss the upcoming flu season in Canada.

Mutations to some H3N2 strains might be mismatched to the current flu vaccine, but doctors explain why it’s still a good idea to get the shot.

With flu season among us, many doctors recommend getting vaccinated sooner rather than later. (Scripps News Group)

Canadian health officials have reported an uptick in influenza cases, with three strains peaking at the same time. 

Flu season is hitting young people especially hard with two people from Manitoba dying from complications from the illness in recent weeks.

With flu season in full swing, doctors say pneumonia is one of the most common and dangerous complications from the flu.

Dr. Michael Gardam of Toronto's Humber River Hospital says we all need to get ready for the virus gaining a foothold in Canada.

Right across Canada, 414 kids under the age of 16 have had to stay in hospital during this flu season; 71 of them ended up in intensive care. Officials are pushing again for vaccinations, saying those numbers wouldn't be so high if more...

So far this flu season 24 Canadians have died, and more than 13,000 lab-confirmed detections have occurred across the country. 11,000 of those were variations of Influenza A, with H1N1 the dominant strain, an increase by nearly half over...

Flu season has struck with a vengeance. But it's not just the number of cases that doctors are concerned about — it's the intensity and the number of young people affected. More than 3 times as many kids have been hospitalized in Canada...

Dr. Isaac Bogoch, infectious disease specialist at Toronto General Hospital, takes viewers' questions about the flu shot

Dr. Lindsay Uman of the IWK Health Centre’s complex pain team shows a patient distraction and relaxation techniques.

The flu has hit kids unusually hard this season — it's due in large part to two influenza strains circulating in Canada at the same time. It's become such a big problem in Canada that emergency rooms across the country have been...

A particularly bad flu season across Canada has caught some hospitals off guard. Some are cancelling elective surgeries to make room for the huge number of flu patients. Some cities, like Calgary, say it’s the worst flu season on record....

Influenza subtype causing most confirmed infections is H3N2, which tends to hit older people harder and cause more severe symptoms

Those Christmas and New Year's get-togethers were the perfect magic carpet to get this year' flu moving. Here are 5 things to do to keep the bugs at bay

Could last year's flu vaccine cut the effectiveness this year?