A Cornell University-led collaboration has uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: a shuttling mechanism that helps a complex of proteins pump out a wide ...

Meet the jumbo phage. Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the ...

Many clinicians do not consider neurologic complications of the flu when discussing vaccination or treatment of influenza ...

Flu continues to be one of the most common and alarming seasonal illnesses. In the period spanning from 2023 to 2024, there ...

Just a few months after Vir Biotechnology lost an emergency authorization for its COVID-19 antibody, Marianne de Backer ...

Researchers find influenza A viruses adapt shape in response to environmental pressures: Bethesda, Maryland Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 14:00 Hrs [IST] Influenza A virus particl ...

Living in a shared environment like a prison can make it easier for illnesses such as influenza (the flu) to spread. Flu ...

Maine state officials on Tuesday reported new cases of bird flu in wild birds and urged precautions to protect chickens and other domestic birds. Avian influenza has been detected in "four Canada ...

Bosnia has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Tuesday, as a seasonal wave of the disease known as bird flu continues in ...

The flu's impact extends beyond typical respiratory symptoms, affecting the brain by causing short-term issues like brain fog and fatigue, and potentially long-term neuroinflammation. Severe flu ...

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape—to become either spheres or larger filaments—to favor their ...

The study also indicates fetal brain ... July 17, 2024 — Most influenza viruses enter human or animal cells through specific pathways on the cells' surface. Researchers have now discovered that ...