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

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.

The detection is a warning for pig farmers to be on the lookout for further infections, said Marie Culhane, a professor of veterinary population medicine at the University of Minnesota who has ...

Flu symptoms and treatment are a high priority in fall and winter when the highly contagious influenza virus quickly spreads. However, you can significantly lower your risk and prevent illness by ...

So far there’s been only one reported human case of bird flu in Texas this year in April and 46 total in the U.S., according ...

H5N1 avian flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in hogs in the ...

New Two-Step Flu Vaccine Strategy Shows Promise in Pig Model Aug. 9, 2024 — A new, two-step flu vaccination strategy that pairs intramuscular injection of a viral vectored flu vaccine with nasal ...

The pig’s case also concerns infectious diseases experts because ... able to infect and be transmitted between people,” said ...

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.

Oregon officials announced Wednesday that a severe form of bird flu has been detected for the first time in a pig on a small ...

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble said Thursday that the state Department of Health is not yet able to determine whether the specimen collected last week ...

As California confronts a bird flu outbreak, it is also time to take a hard look at the food production system that puts farm ...