Recommendations on the strain composition of influenza virus vaccines for the 2025-2026 US season have been issued by FDA.

Recent viral mutations have shown avian influenza’s adaptability to mammalian hosts, prompting infectious disease, animal ...

Avian influenza—which has devastated poultry flocks, wildlife populations and increasingly poses a public health risk—has now ...

Despite variations by age group and influenza virus type, the 2023-2024 influenza vaccine was protective against outpatient illness in pediatric and adult patients.

The isolation of influenza virus 80 years ago in 1933 very quickly led to the development of the first generation of live-attenuated vaccines. The first inactivated influenza vaccine was ...

The flu (influenza) is a serious virus that causes millions of illnesses each year. Symptoms include sneezing, muscle aches, and a fever. Most cases of the flu are mild enough to treat yourself at ...

Suresh Mittal, a professor of comparative pathobiology in Purdue's College of Veterinary Medicine, leads research into a broad spectrum vaccine capable of covering emerging avian influenza viruses.