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The 2009 influenza pandemic A(H1N1)pdm09 of swine origin and the continued circulation of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 strain in humans are stark reminders of the unpredictable nature of the ...

In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately.

There is a cemetery in a small railroad town in northern Ohio where I grew up that tells a sliver of the story of the great ‘Spanish’ influenza pandemic of 1918. One section of the cemetery is ...

They conclude that the virus may have evolved into the pathogen that circulated as a seasonal flu after the pandemic ended. “The Spanish influenza from 1918 is still a big mystery and riddle because ...

When H5N1 first came to the attention of infectious disease professionals 20 years ago, there was concern it could mutate and ...

In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in their grocery stores. The escalating threat of avian ...

The intense debate over President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F.

Levels of influenza nationwide are now at the highest they have been since the peak of the 2009 swine flu pandemic, according ...

Age shift during the 1918 pandemic was extreme, in which the majority of deaths occurred among individuals under 45 years of age, sparing people above this age. During the 2009 influenza pandemic ...

Hilleman was born a year after the notorious 1918 influenza pandemic swept the world, killing 20 million to 100 million people. By 1957, when Hilleman began worrying about the egg supply ...