Even with limited data, researchers fear the presently overlooked pair represent "a major threat to public health." ...

Vaccinating birds against bird flu reduces the spread of the disease, but may have unintended consequences. This is the warning of a new paper in the journal Science Advances, which concluded that ...

A new study has shown that person-to-person variation in antibody immunity plays a key role in shaping which influenza (flu) strains dominate in a population. The work, published today as a Reviewed ...

A new flu strain has been detected, with the variant dubbed influenza A subclade K. How severe is the strain and does the vaccine protect against it?

The ecology of Influenza viruses, particularly influenza A viruses (FLUAV), is complex and involves many different species, including wild birds, poultry, pigs, horses, dogs, marine mammals, and ...

Flu strikes every winter, but something seems to be different this year. A seasonal flu virus suddenly mutated in the summer; it appears to evade some of our immunity; has kick-started a flu season ...

Influenza is an extremely old enemy. Hippocrates described it in 412 B.C., Charlemagne in 876. Influenza also is a totally new enemy. Every year, a brand-new viral version sweeps the planet. That's ...

Each year, public health officials monitor the spread of influenza to identify which flu strains need to go into that year's vaccines and where outbreaks will occur. But it can be difficult to predict ...