In 1918, a flu pandemic caused by a strain of H1N1 infected 500 million people worldwide. It was known as the Spanish flu, and at least 50 million people died.
How can we monitor the cross-species transmission of avian flu? The answer is FluWarning, a digital system that reports ...
A study in ferrets — which have remarkably similar respiratory systems to humans — suggests that widespread immunity to H1N1 seasonal influenza virus may explain why exposure to H5N1 bird flu ...
Influenza viruses are shifty entities. They accumulate small genetic changes on a regular basis, necessitating yearly updates to the flu vaccines because the prior year’s strain may not look much ...
Type A viruses are the most significant for human and animal health, and they are all descended from avian viruses. The flu A ...
Pigs could play a key role in ending the flu as we know it. That’s the message behind new research testing a computer-designed vaccine that protects swine from flu—and may one day do the same ...