Researchers successfully decoded the genome of the 1918 influenza virus by utilizing an over 100-year-old formalin-fixed ...

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode ...

In just 3 years, the Influenza Vaccines Research and Development (R&D) Roadmap Initiative has demonstrated important ...

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...

Scientists always knew a deadly virus was going to jump from animals to humans: COVID was not the first time it has happened, ...

The Spanish flu pandemic is famous for killing more than 50 million people. The other thing it’s famous for is how quickly ...

Influenza vaccine programs help to considerably lower the burden of disease, even when not everyone takes up the offer of a shot. A new study has confirmed this but also provides us with a stark ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

While rare, bird flu has infected over 140 cats since 2022, according to government data. Here's how to protect your pets.