H1N1 influenza A spread rapidly with alarming, early results. Health care professionals armed with a historical perspective and the latest treatment guidelines are best equipped to respond.

Hope is on the horizon for needle-phobic patients as Griffith University researchers have created a new influenza vaccine ...

Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection—among them, raising ...

Another cause for concern: flu season is underway in the U.S., and as seasonal influenza virus goes around, “humans, ...

State health officials are investigating possible sources of the H5 avian influenza virus detected for the first time in a wastewater sample from Oahu, but reassure residents that public risk remains ...

The vaccine for H1N1 flu (swine flu) will be available in the fall of 2009. This vaccine is separate from the usual seasonal flu vaccine. Pregnant women are first on the list of those who should ...

Viruses work by taking control of our cells and carefully reprogramming them into machines to make more viruses. Because of ...

28, 2024 — A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in a Texas dairy worker who was infected this spring was able to spread among ferrets through the air, ... 'Food Theft' Among Seabirds ...

A study reveals that the immune protein IFITM3 limits flu infection severity and mutation rates, especially from zoonotic ...

The vaccine platform's useability extends beyond human influenza, and could be used to prevent avian influenza, swine ...

Up until Tuesday, there had been no H5N1 avian influenza detected in birds, animals ... The H5N1 bird flu was also recently detected in a pig in a backyard farm in Oregon — the first detection of the ...

Only a small amount of virus is necessary for PRRS infection via skin penetration, which could be from re-used needles, tail ...