A new PEARLS article in PLoS Pathogens reviews the rapid evolution and pandemic potential of emerging influenza A viruses, ...

During a call with U.S. doctors this month, one CDC official noted that there is a seasonality to bird flu: Cases peak in the ...

A team of Ohio State researchers engineered a new antibody that could revolutionize influenza prevention through a nasal ...

Pigs could play a key role in ending the flu as we know it. That’s the message behind new research testing a ...

Pediatric patients exhibited high risk for severe avian influenza A/H5N1, suggesting clinical therapeutic and vaccine trials should be prioritized in this population.

Saint Louis University researchers are looking for a handful of volunteers who are willing to be infected with the influenza ...

The idea is biologically plausible and historically grounded — and it reframes how we think about the origin of pandemics.

University of Pennsylvania researchers have discovered a right-handed, antiparallel double-helix inside influenza ...

The 2024–2025 flu season has been the most severe, with the CDC estimating at least 45 million illnesses, 580,000 ...

The first major global review of bird flu in cats reveals an emerging threat of a potential human pandemic. Spring is here, ...

Brazil, one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of poultry, has confirmed the country’s first bird flu outbreak on ...

The first death caused by H5N1 bird flu was reported in January 2025. Some believe the virus could eventually pose a widespread risk to the public.