One dose of the antiviral baloxavir marboxil lowers the chance of transmitting the influenza virus to family members by about ...

One dose of the antiviral baloxavir marboxil lowers the chance of transmitting the influenza virus to family members by about ...

A virus that can cause a polio-like illness among children has been found in Bay Area wastewater as influenza cases spike.

This was also the first year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that deaths from flu surpassed deaths from COVID.

A team of scientists at the University of Pennsylvania has developed a new chewing gum that could dramatically reduce the ...

The first H5N1 outbreak in North America began in 2021 when infected birds carried the virus across the ocean. It then ripped through poultry farms across the continent. Since avian flu is an ...

The more the virus replicates in a person, the higher their viral load will be. This typically makes the person more likely to spread the infection, as well. Influenza virus proteins in the act of ...

It is caused by influenza viruses. Symptoms of mild flu infections can resemble those of the common cold, which is also caused by viruses; that said, flu symptoms tend to be more intense than cold ...

"And that's the only consistent thing I can say about it." Biologically, H5N1 isn't so different from any other influenza A virus—the type that resides mainly in wild birds, as well as bats ...

A three-year-old girl in western Mexico died after contracting avian influenza A (H5N1), becoming the country's first fat ...

The community size of the sites ranged from 50 to 2,000 people, and the researchers measured wastewater levels of the viruses SARS-CoV-2, influenza A and B, RSV A and B, and norovirus GI and GII.

Intranasal influenza virus-vectored vaccine offers protection against clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 infection in small animal models. Nature Communications , 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58504-z ...