A bird flu virus that has often been ignored because it mostly causes minor disease in birds has the potential to cause a ...
Experiments suggests H9N2 has adapted to human cells, but cases of person-to-person transmission haven’t been reported yet ...
"In principle, the H5N1 virus has everything it takes to trigger a pandemic," says virologist Klaus Stöhr in a report. Bird ...
The upswing in infections echoes a pattern from last year, when a slow increase in outbreaks in October and November led to ...
Scientists have developed a proof-of-concept vaccine that could offer broad protection against all known and emerging ...
In the Southern Hemisphere, the adjusted flu vaccine effectiveness rates against outpatient visits and hospitalizations were 50.4% and 49.7%. Only 21.3% of flu outpatients and 15.9% of hospitalized ...
MADRID -- The high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine may reduce older people's risk of hospitalization for flu or pneumonia more than a standard-dose shot, according to two large open-label, ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In an effort to help prevent the spread of influenza this cold and flu season, the Tennessee Department of Health will be making cost-free flu vaccines available to Tennessee ...
After a rough, record-setting flu season, doctors and health officials are bracing for another wave of fever, misery and respiratory distress. In the U.K., health officials are warning about an early ...