Preventing a pandemic means early detection of bird flu strains — surveillance of viral spread and influenza infections in ...

A recent study has revealed that a single genetic change in a strain of the highly pathogenic H5 influenza virus could ...

The study’s results indicated the cumulative incidence of influenza – or the number of new cases divided by the total number ...

Bad news: this strain is more capable of causing disease and replicates better in the brain. Good news: ... Jan. 2, 2025 — Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A virus (HPAI H5N1) remains a ...

Types A and B are the most harmful to humans and cause seasonal flu epidemics; in the Northern Hemisphere, flu season ...

The flu sickens millions of people in the U.S. every year, and the past year has been particularly tough. Although infections ...

Learn how antiviral chewing gum made from lablab beans may help reduce virus transmission with exciting clinical trials ahead ...

This year's flu season has become Washington state's deadliest in nearly a decade, totaling at least 388 deaths so far.

Rampant bird flu has torn across America’s livestock, sickened farm workers and resulted in the culling of millions of birds ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains tend to infect birds. But the potential for influenza A viruses that ...