Influenza viruses are shifty entities. A seemingly ingenious and sneaky way for viruses to make these leaps is by swapping ...

Child hospitalised abroad as bird flu cases climb - Cambodia’s Ministry of Health recently confirmed the country’s twelfth human case of H5N1 avian influenza so far this year ...

Cambodia's Ministry of Health recently confirmed the country's twelfth human case of H5N1 avian influenza so far this year.

The University of Minnesota is stepping up efforts to identify biological threats that could trigger an epidemic, launching ...

Technical Terms Reassortment: The process by which segmented viruses exchange genetic material during co-infection, leading to novel genomic combinations.