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 ...

Last year’s flu season was long, brutal, and ultimately tragic. By the time infections had subsided in May, as many as 1.1 million Americans were estimated to have been hospitalized and as many as 100 ...

Kansas State University swine specialists will present updates on recent research trials, highlighting the university’s annual Swine Day Nov. 20 in Manhattan. Organizers said this year’s agenda also ...