Seasonal flu cases have hit a 15-year high this year—filling hospitals, shutting down schools, and leading to an estimated 19,000 flu-related deaths so far in the United States. These deaths ...

The monkeys were infected with H5N1 bird flu using small particle aerosols, enabling the virus to reach deep into the lung and better mimicking natural exposure.

A long-lasting formulation of an antiviral drug greatly reduced people’s risk of a symptomatic flu infection in a trial, and ...

As the H5N1 avian flu virus continues to spread in poultry flocks and dairy cattle, consumers may worry about whether the U.S. milk supply is safe to drink. According to the U.S. Food and Drug ...

As the H5N1 avian flu virus continues to spread in poultry flocks and dairy cattle, consumers may worry about whether the U.S. milk supply is safe to drink.According to the U.S. Food and Drug ...

At this point, if a seasonal flu virus particle, which has evolved to spread efficiently between people, recombines with an H5N1 avian flu virus—which has historically killed about half of those ...

The flu shot contains either an inactivated virus (which means it’s no longer infectious) or a particle that’s designed to look like a flu virus to your immune system, according to the CDC.

Bird flu continues to affect the availability and price of eggs as the disease hits farms and wipes out flocks. Last year, bird flu killed more than 40 million egg-laying birds.

The outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza virus in the US is now 1 year old. The virus, commonly known as bird flu, has wrought havoc in the agricultural sector and prompted a dramatic increase in the ...

The mutations in the bird flu, or H5N1, viruses that caused severe infections in British Columbia and Louisiana both occurred in a protein on the surface of the virus that allows it to attach to ...

While bird flu has been around for decades, the discovery in 2024 that the deadly pathogen spread from a wild bird to a cow came as a surprise to virus watchers, according to news officials.In ...

Flu vaccines — and COVID shots — are based on targeting a particular strain that’s circulating. A universal flu shot would have to work against all strains of the virus, which mutates over time.