A deadly wave of avian influenza, industry-led policy and deepening ethical and biological risks are exposing flaws in the ...

Each human and mammalian infection gives the virus an opportunity to mutate and evolve better ways of transmitting from ...

Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...

Researchers have discovered the first giant virus in Finland. The specimen demonstrates that such huge viruses are more ...

But what is the virus and why has it created such urgency among governments worldwide? See our factfile below to find out: Also known as avian influenza, bird flu is an infectious disease of birds ...

Although it can sometimes be difficult (or even impossible) to tell them apart based on symptoms alone, cold and flu have different causes and respond to different treatments. Both the common cold and ...

It’s the body’s response to flu but can also be caused by other respiratory viruses. “If a young, healthy person develops bronchitis, the protective layer in their respiratory tract will ...

Thousands more Brits will receive vaccinations this year against a potentially deadly virus with flu-like symptoms that causes more than 50,000 hospitalisations annually. The Department for Health ...

SACRAMENTO, United States, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Fear of deportation prevents foreign farmworkers in the United States from seeking medical care, undermining critical efforts to prevent a potential ...

Her temperature is 38.5°C, and her vital signs are temporarily stable. According to infectious disease experts, this is an extremely rare case where the A/H5N1 avian flu virus affects the central ...

The flu virus ... in simple terms, vaccines act as ‘coaches’ that help to prepare the immune system to quickly defend itself from future invasions of a particular virus before it grows in ...

Experts say the short-term risk of a pandemic is low, but the recent appearance in mammals of the potentially dangerous avian influenza A strain, H5N1 — the bird flu virus — demands redoubling ...