The present invention provides methods of treating, reducing, and/orpreventing the incidence of an influenza relatedviral infection in a patient comprising administering a therapeuticallyeffective amount of an oxidative reductive potential(ORP) water solution. The present invention also provides methods of reducingor preventing the incidence of an influenza relatedviral infection in a patient associated with a medical device comprisingcontacting the medical device with an effective amount ofan ORP water solution.