The influenza A virus genome consists of eight segments of single-stranded, negative-sense viral RNA, which encode multiple ...

Avian influenza, or “bird flu,” is a disease caused by influenza A viruses that spread widely among wild birds, and can cause outbreaks in commercial and backyard poultry flocks. Though there ...

Flu numbers in the state are rising, and it has already made an impact on communities this winter season.Dr. Amada Novack, an infectious disease and internal me ...

Hospitalizations due to the flu are the highest it’s been since 2018. Scientists don’t know why, and investors have yet to ...

Doctors are especially concerned about this recent flu A spike. Here’s what they’re alarmed about the most: Medical experts ...

Doctor visits for flu symptoms are at a 15-year high. Why is this flu season so bad? Doctors discuss flu trends, symptoms and ...

Adult and pediatric patients who received 2023-2024 influenza vaccines exhibited reduced risk for influenza-associated encounters across care settings.

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape -- to become either spheres or larger filaments -- to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions, according ...

Several cats, wild and domestic, in the U.S. have contracted H5N1 avian influenza and died from eating raw food contaminated with bird flu. Raw foods include unpasteurized milk, uncooked meat or ...

It's flu season right now, and the U.S. is in the midst of a wave that's straining hospitals. But not all influenza is the ...

A new strain of bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI) has been detected on a duck farm in California. The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) reported the outbreak of the ...

IT’S NOT REALLY THE FLU. IT’S NOT THE FLU, RIGHT? THE FLU IS REALLY INFLUENZA. BUT LIKE THE FLU, IT COMES ON SUDDENLY AND IT’S RESPONSIBLE. NOROVIRUS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 50% OF CASES OF ...