Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems ...

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

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

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

Life science companies developing bird flu vaccines are gaining attention as the avian influenza subtype H5N1 becomes an ...

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

In a study published in the journal, Cell, Jing Chen, PhD, and colleagues at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Wuhan, China, ...

The man’s case didn’t give rise to any widespread variant, but it gave Gupta, with his HIV evolution background, the idea ...

Cold germs from someone’s nose or cough can live on surfaces for hours to days, depending on many factors. Learn which ...

Both Measles virus and RSV belong to the same family of viruses called paramyxoviruses. This family of viruses use heparan sulfated proteoglycans as their first stop, congregating next to cells ... NV ...

Not long after the first flu shot was introduced in 1945 by University of Michigan virologist Thomas Francis and his ...

Bird flu. With that diagnosis in mind, one of Russo’s colleagues tried to get some bovine samples tested for H5N1, but the ...