Osterholm says that the primary kind of birds impacted by the flu is migratory waterfowl, like geese and ducks, and these ...

Seasonal influenza vaccines triggered protective immune responses against the H5N1 avian influenza virus primarily in younger ...

Recent history makes clear that microbiological disasters can strike anytime. But a longer history should remind us of the ...

Influenza is spreading across Indiana and has been responsible for at least 32 deaths so far this season. Influenza, or "flu, ...

Symptoms usually come on suddenly, according to the CDC, and can include fevers above 100.4 degrees F, dry cough, sore throat ...

2023 — A new study of the strain of influenza A responsible for the 2009 H1N1 pandemic -- pdm09 -- shows that the virus has passed from humans to swine about 370 times since 2009, and subsequent ...

Current subtypes of influenza A viruses that routinely circulate in people include A(H1N1) and A(H3N2). Flu symptoms usually ...

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At the same time, recent CDC data shows that seasonal influenza A is rising ...

The 2009 swine flu outbreak is thought to have been the result of reassortment between avian, swine and human influenza viruses. “We already know that reassortment sometimes is really beneficial for ...

H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the ...

Horses carry their own form of flu virus, and researchers say that if the two viruses combine, the consequences are unknown ...

Public health officials have warned that new mutations of bird flu with human flu could have dangerous consequences.