Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection -- among them, raising the minimum number of viral particles needed to cause sickness.
Although flu and stomach flu sound similar, they are caused by different viruses and have different symptoms and treatment. People sometimes confuse flu and stomach flu because of their similar names.
A B.C. teenager who tested positive for bird flu — caused by the H5N1 strain of avian influenza — is now in critical condition and being treated in B.C. Children’s Hospital, the provincial health ...