Influenza is a highly contagious viral infection that affects the respiratory system. Although often dismissed as a seasonal illness, it can lead to severe complications such as pneumonia, organ ...

A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including ...

High-throughput RNAi screens in human cells suggest new approaches to curb influenza virus infection. Brass et al. 1 used fluorescence microscopy to score the abundance of the influenza envelope ...

Dec. 13, 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 ...

With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days of Covid-19, when infectious disease experts were talking about a ...

Diseases such as covid-19 and influenza can be fatal ... the covid-19 pandemic – enters the lungs, it triggers an immune response, attracting immune cells to the region to attack the virus ...

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in collaboration with colleagues in China, have discovered an antibody-like molecule that can protect mice from various influenza viruses.

Recent history makes clear that microbiological disasters can strike anytime. But a longer history should remind us of the ...

Yearly administration of the influenza vaccine is the main strategy to prevent influenza in immunocompromised patients. Here, we reviewed the recent literature regarding the clinical significance ...

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At the same time, recent CDC data shows that seasonal influenza A is rising ...