A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able ...

It’s difficult to predict what this year’s flu season is going to be like. But it’s a good time to start thinking about ...

A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as 2.3.4.4b, which has ...

and is one of several strains related to seasonal flu outbreaks. A colorized transmission electron micrograph shows swine influenza virus particles (blue) attached to and budding off of a cell (orange ...

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive contact. “Holy cow,” says Thomas Friedrich, a virologist at the University ...

The five available in New Zealand are Influvac Tetra, Flucelvax Quad, Fluad Quad, FluQuadri, and Afluria Quad. Drug-buying ...

A vaccine under development at UB has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that ...

Rampant bird flu has torn across America’s livestock, sickened farm workers and resulted in the culling of millions of birds ...

The flu sickens millions of people in the U.S. every ... As viruses replicate within the cells of their host, their genetic information can get copied incorrectly. Some of these genetic mutations ...