Alert over spiraling numbers of children hit by 'Victorian illness'The warning signs of measles have been highlighted as a top scientist has raised the alarm on declining vaccination rates. Science ...

New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

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Influenza viruses have infected humans for hundreds of years. The strain that causes Avian Flu was first discovered in China in 1996 and differs from the seasonal flu strains that sicken people.

The infection was detected in a single sheep in Yorkshire on Monday and, while bird flu does not spread easily to people, the UKHSA has ranked the H5N1 strain as an "emerging infection" in England.

A new bird flu outbreak has been confirmed as the virus continues to spread across the US. The deadly H7N9 strain was detected on a poultry farm in Noxubee, Mississippi, last week, for the first ...

Scientists have determined the influenza virus strains for the 2025 northern hemisphere flu vaccines. The World Health Organization announced the inclusion of two A-type and one B-type strains ...

If the HHS was to not make any flu strain recommendations, companies would likely have to rely on those made by a panel led by the World Health Organization (WHO), which is meeting this week.

2. Despite high flu cases, vaccine this season looks overall like a good match. Early season laboratory testing by the CDC suggested this year’s flu vaccine was 100% match for the strain ...

A new variant of the bird flu has infected a dairy worker in Nevada, marking the state's first human case of the H5N1 avian influenza. The worker was exposed to the D1.1 strain after working with ...

That strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus, called D1.1 by scientists, is different from a previous variant called B3.13 which had infected at least 40 dairy workers in the U.S. to date.