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 ...

A research team led by the School of Public Health in the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), in ...

Experts have said that the 1918 influenza pandemic is one of the deadliest pandemics in history, but could it have been ...

Scientists have engineered a monoclonal antibody that can protect mice from a lethal dose of influenza A, a new study shows. The new molecule combines the specificity of a mature flu fighter with the ...

Amid declining vaccination rates, the 2024-25 influenza season exacted a heavy toll, with 216 pediatric deaths nationwide.

Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the U.S. Here's what you need to know about the current situation.

Unlike most influenza viruses, which bind to glycans—i.e. carbohydrate chains on the cell surface—for infection, the H18N11 virus has a different target. Example 1 of MDCK cells stably ...

This includes 12 newly reported outbreaks in seven countries — Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Lithuania, Norway, and ...

A combination messenger RNA vaccine against COVID-19 and seasonal influenza stacked up well against currently recommended vaccines in a phase 3 trial, according to findings published in JAMA.

The state health department announced Wednesday that this past flu season saw the highest recorded death toll in New York ...

As more humans become infected by H5N1 bird flu, experts worry of a new pandemic with 70 human cases in the U.S. including 1 ...