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 ...

Scientists in Switzerland have cracked open a century-old viral mystery by decoding the genome of the 1918 influenza virus.

Scientists in Switzerland have cracked open a century-old viral mystery by decoding the genome of the 1918 influenza virus ...

The H5N1 bird flu virus has historically extracted a heavy toll when it infects humans, with nearly half of confirmed cases ...

The fatality rate for H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans has historically been high, with more than half of ...

This is the first time we’ve had access to an influenza genome from the 1918–1920 pandemic in Switzerland. It opens up new ...

Introduction Influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 virus (pH1N1) was the causal factor of the recent flu pandemic, which claimed several hundred lives. The influenza virus leads to respiratory disease that ...

Influenza A virus belongs to the Orthomyxoviridae family, and produces virions of around 80–120 nm in diameter that contain an RNA genome of approximately 13.5 kb in size.

A virus that can cause a polio-like illness among children has been found in Bay Area wastewater as influenza cases spike.

Flu viruses that infect humans and birds are both categorized by their H and N proteins, but avian influenza viruses infect birds as their primary hosts.

A hallmark of pandemic influenza viruses is that they are just different enough from preceding strains that they evade the body’s immune defenses almost entirely.

Simultaneous outbreaks of norovirus, birdflu, influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus are occurring across the county.