These viruses constantly change to evade immunity and continue to spread. There are four types of influenza viruses: A, B, C, and D. Only strains from the A and B types cause annual flu outbreaks ...

Health officials would like to remind you that we are entering that time of the year still quaintly known as flu season. That ...

A Texas dairy herd first reported in March that cattle had tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

The isolation of influenza virus 80 years ago in 1933 very quickly led to the development of the first generation of live-attenuated vaccines. The first inactivated influenza vaccine was ...

Unlike past flu shots, flu vaccines for the 2024-2025 season don't contain the "Yamagata lineage" of influenza viruses because evidence suggests that type of flu no longer exists. When you ...

Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the ...

CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500007 (AP), India. The authors are grateful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-CCMB), India, for ...

Health agencies in France, Germany and Great Britain have recently increased alert levels for the risk of highly pathogenic ...

U.S. flu vaccines were redesigned after an influenza strain disappeared globally. Physical distancing and masking during the ...

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local ...

The difference between influenza A and B, another type of flu virus, is that A is typically more common and severe. Influenza A often goes away on its own with hydration, rest, and home remedies.