Influenza is affecting hundreds of thousands of people in Japan and rising rapidly among that nation's population of 124.5 ...

In November, around 2,500 chickens were culled after an outbreak of the virus was reported on a farm in Gyoda city’s Saitama ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about why the common cold will be classified as ...

Japan in the last week of December experienced the biggest influenza outbreak since comparable data became available 25 years ...

A cluster of measles cases linked to a hospital in central Taiwan was reported last month, and total cases reached 19 as of Friday. As measles is a highly contagious and notifiable disease, confirmed ...

Japan reports a record-breaking surge in influenza cases, with 317,812 patients recorded in late December 2024, marking the highest levels since 1999. The Ministry of Health attributes the spike to ...

Japan's makers of Tamiflu and generic flu drugs temporarily halted shipments due to surging demand as the nation deals with record levels of influenza. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI Jan. 9 ...

Japan's health ministry reports a record-high number of influenza cases, with 64.39 patients per clinic on average in late ...

In the week through Dec. 29, the total number of reported flu cases was nearly three times the number from the same period in ...