Kei Sato was looking for his next big challenge five years ago when it smacked him — and the world — in the face. The ...

Other strategies used by influenza viruses to evade the effects of IFN include: limiting PAMP formation, general inhibition of host cell protein synthesis, replication compartment, replication ...

To maintain vaccine efficacy, WHO regularly updates influenza vaccine strains based on global epidemiological, virological, ...

New computational modeling of avian influenza variants’ immunoprotein interactions – developed by a research team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte – reveals the H5N1 influenza virus is ...

Recommendations on the strain composition of influenza virus vaccines for the 2025-2026 US season have been issued by FDA.

By Carl Zimmer The viruses we know best are the ones that make us sick — the influenza viruses ... lurk unseen inside cells. Some can even sneak their genes into their host cell’s DNA, where ...

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

The Human Virome Program will analyse samples from thousands of volunteers in an effort to understand how viruses affect ...

In recent years, respiratory viruses have played an outsized role in medical practice ... In this presentation, Dr. Jonathan Edward Schmitz will discuss the recent trends in human influenza infection, ...

Existing antivirals may be less effective against this H5N1 bird flu strain, and prevention measures, such as avoiding raw ...

As the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues, scientists are working to better understand the virus’s threat to human health ... St. Jude Department of Host-Microbe Interactions. Subscribe to ...