U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s newly appointed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) upheld ...

New study highlights surprising environmental trigger behind infection spikes. Continue to read what the study says about the ...

Influenza continues to pose a significant global health burden, with seasonal outbreaks causing substantial morbidity and mortality. Current ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus has infected birds and mammals around the world. As of June 2025, 70 people have been infected ...

Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent ...

Giant viruses are also different from regular viruses because of the sheer number of genes they have. For instance, Pandoravirus, which was discovered in 2013, has around 2,500 genes, while a ...

Influenza A virus Matrix 2 protein ... Pinto LH, and Lamb RA Influenza A virus M2 ion channel protein: a structure-function analysis J Virol 1994 68 1551-1563. Crossref. PubMed. Web of Science. CAS.

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape -- to become either spheres or larger filaments -- to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions ...

Influenza A is believed to be the most severe type of flu virus for humans, although this is the subject of debate, as there is some evidence to suggest that influenza B might be equally as dangerous.

"Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus has caused mass mortality in chickens and wild birds not only in Japan but worldwide. Recently, infections have also been confirmed in seals, cats, cattle ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated the label for FLUBLOK (Influenza Vaccine) to include data from a new safety study involving pregnant individuals 18 years and older, in time ...

US FLUBLOK label1 updated to incorporate new safety study in pregnant individualsNew safety data involving more than 48,000 pregnant individuals published in American Journal of Obstetrics and ...