Scientists in Switzerland have cracked open a century-old viral mystery by decoding the genome of the 1918 influenza virus from a preserved Zurich patient. This ancient RNA revealed that the virus had ...

In experiments conducted in a biosafety level 3 facility, the researchers studied ferrets that had antibodies to seasonal flu ...

Preexisting immunity to the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus provided near-complete protection against severe H5N1 disease and ...

Scientists have successfully decoded the genome of the 1918 influenza virus from a preserved Swiss patient sample. The research reveals that the virus already possessed key adaptations for human hosts ...

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Dairies say the USDA relief money helped them sustain operations as bird flu decimated milk production, but critics say the ...

Studies suggest that people who had seasonal flus or vaccinations have low antibody levels against H5N1 bird flu.