Older adults who were exposed to seasonal flu viruses that circulated prior to 1968 are more likely to have some protection against H5N1, and children would benefit more from H5N1 vaccines.

We live in an era when human activities are negatively modifying the world at alarming rates. We are experiencing a massive ...

Prior exposures to specific types of seasonal influenza viruses promote cross-reactive immunity against the H5N1 avian ...

Early flu exposure helps immunity against H5N1 infection, with older adults having stronger antibody responses.

Catani and colleagues provide data on antigenic properties of neuraminidase proteins of pandemic H1N1 and show that antigenic diversity of the neuraminidase from 2009 to 2020 largely falls into two ...

Most of those infections have been seen in wild bird populations, with two known instances of backyard poultry flocks ...

The ongoing bird flu outbreak has led to wild bird deaths, slaughtered livestock, and hazardous conditions for dairy industry ...

Older adults who were exposed to seasonal flu viruses that circulated prior to 1968 are more likely to have some protection ...

Pandemic influenza remains a significant global health threat, as signalled by the circulation and cross-species transmission of avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses from the clade 2.3.4.4b, including ...

As cases of seasonal influenza surge, health officials are closely monitoring a growing threat—the potential fusion of human and bird flu strains.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday made recommendations to vaccine manufacturers for the virus strains to be ...

India reports its first H5N1 bird flu cases in domestic cats raising concerns about its potential spread to humans Experts warn of mutations—should we be worried ...