Experts consulted by Newsweek say hantavirus is unlikely to spark a pandemic because it transmits poorly between people.

WHO’s new guideline outlines how simple, targeted public health measures like hygiene, ventilation and voluntary isolation ...

A university is looking for volunteers to try out a new vaccine to protect humans against a potential bird flu pandemic. The ...

Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on Feb. 5, 1976. On that bitter cold day, he collapsed and died. Autopsy specimens unexpectedly ...

When scientists engineer a better way to fight the flu, they often begin with nature’s own defenses. That’s what a new study from researchers at The Ohio State University set out to do. Their goal was ...

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The jab targets the H5N1 flu strain which has caused devastating infections in bird populations worldwide, but has yet to spread between humans.

Nancy Cox, who for decades was a global leader in influenza research, has died. Cox headed the influenza team at the Centers ...

Regular surveillance and rapid sequencing in coastal wildlife help researchers identify viral mutations and assess their ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. The 1918 influenza pandemic is one of the deadliest in ...

Influenza viruses are shifty entities. They accumulate small genetic changes on a regular basis, necessitating yearly updates to the flu vaccines because the prior year’s strain may not look much like ...