Four years ago, as attention locked onto COVID-19, another virus began circling the globe. A major outbreak of a new strain of bird flu—formally named influenza A virus subtype H5N1—has since killed ...

Flu activity in Michigan is considered "very high," according to the most recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Michigan Department of Health and Human ...

A call-to-action has been made by the Global Virus Network, who are urging world governments to increase surveillance and ...

(NEXSTAR) – As we get deeper into flu season, a new type of the influenza virus has been identified, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms. The new strain is a variation of influenza ...

A bird flu vaccine that pairs a traditional shot with nasal drops completely shielded young dairy calves and mice from severe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The flu epidemic is stabilizing. The positivity rate and other benchmarks for the week ending on Jan. 10 have decreased compared ...

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and ...

A novel vaccine platform has been developed to induce broad, protective immunity against numerous influenza virus infections, showing promise as an effective mucosal vaccine strategy, according to a ...