John Eicher, associate professor of history at Penn State Altoona, has published an article on the 1918 influenza pandemic in ...

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team has developed a method that can be used to study the interaction of viruses with host cells in unprecedented ...

Avian influenza outbreak detected in northwest Indiana, Porter County. Flock of 360 birds under quarantine. First outbreak in ...

A type of virus thought to be a ‘mere curiosity’ is plentiful in one common bacteria, and possibly others, a Monash ...

A technological revolution is helping Scripps Research scientists see the molecules that undermine human health, from ...

While pertussis — known as whooping cough — numbers have been spiking nationally, the South Dakota Department of Health ...

Inglewood, California, is taking a new approach to enhance mobility as plans for an ambitious automated people mover falter. On Tuesday, city officials announced a strategic pivot from the Inglewood ...

A developmental vaccine has shown complete protection in mouse models against the H5N1 variant of the avian influenza virus. The work by University at Buffalo (UB), New York, USA, focused on the H5N1 ...

we identify a regulatory pathway by which release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine by B cells suppresses TNF production by lung interstitial macrophages early in influenza virus infection.

Colds and flu share many of the same symptoms, including cough, sore throat, and fatigue. Even the stages of flu recovery are similar to the stages of recovery for the common cold. At times, testing ...