The flu virus is changing in ways never seen before, increasing infections and raising concerns about vaccine effectiveness ...

A new study says the flu A viral strain can adapt shape to stay infectious. Infectious disease doctors break down what this ...

Delays in CDC analyses of infectious disease threats and agency silence will harm Americans, doctors and ...

Influenza A Viruses Adapt Shape in Response to Environmental Pressures - NIH Study Identifies Previously Unknown Adaptation ...

Another spillover of the H5N1 bird flu virus from wild birds to dairy cattle appears to have occurred, this time in Arizona.

The influenza A virus genome consists of eight segments of single-stranded, negative-sense viral RNA, which encode multiple ...

As cases of seasonal influenza surge, health officials are closely monitoring a growing threat—the potential fusion of human and bird flu strains.

Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the ...

Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting poultry and wild water birds, posing significant global challenges due to its high mortality rates and economic impacts. Highly ...

They say that change takes time. Well, that's not the case for RNA. The small biological molecule acts like a switchboard ...

Researchers find influenza A viruses adapt shape in response to environmental pressures: Bethesda, Maryland Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 14:00 Hrs [IST] Influenza A virus particl ...

Influenza A virus particles strategically modify their shape becoming either spheres or larger filaments to enhance their ...