Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...

Researchers from Purdue University and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently developed a novel influenza vaccine candidate that uses a bovine adenoviral (BAd) vector to ...

One pediatric hospital in New Orleans reported more than 1,200 laboratory-confirmed influenza B virus infections, including 23 hospitalizations, between July 31 and Nov. 21, 2019, "a time when ...

With winter here, South Africa faces a rise in flu cases. This article explores the influenza virus, its symptoms, and ...

Dec. 16, 2024 — Influenza or flu virus remains infectious in refrigerated raw milk for up to five days, according to a new study. The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a ...

Brazil said Wednesday it was free of bird flu, paving the way for it to resume chicken exports to China and 20 other countries after a month-long suspension.

Dr. Hoa Nguyen of American Medical Center also confirmed the increase in flu cases while noting fewer COVID infections recently. “There are few COVID cases but we see an uptake of influenza in ...

In a study of newborn piglets, infection with influenza A was associated with disruptions in the piglets' nasal and gut microbiomes, and with potentially detrimental changes in gene activity in the ...

In short: Australians are being urged to take up influenza and COVID-19 vaccination as the winter flu season begins, especially if they are at increased risk of severe illness. Only a quarter of ...

Disclosures Future Virology. 2012;7 (10):947-950. Introduction Influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 virus (pH1N1) was the causal factor of the recent flu pandemic, which claimed several hundred lives.