A group of nerve cells known for their role in detecting chemical irritation, tissue damage, heat, and pressure now emerge as ...

Healthy children can become very sick from the flu. Here’s what parents should know about the upcoming flu season, according ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the HHS Secretary of the US, despite a long history of the contrary, now often pretends to be not against vaccinations. Yet, his recent actions depict an entirely different ...

In a glass jar at the University of Zurich, a lung has been sitting in silence for more than a hundred years. Preserved in formalin, the organ belonged to an 18-year-old Swiss man who died during the ...

The Trump administration is decreasing funding for the development of mRNA (messenger RNA) vaccines, which were crucial in ...

Avian influenza virus from the ongoing outbreak in dairy cattle appears to be keeping its bird-infecting features rather than adapting to better infect other mammals, according to a new study from ...

Single-cell genomics technology and targeted gene editing could help the poultry industry create birds that are resistant to contracting highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), explained University ...

Avian influenza, a virus of the orthomyxoviridae family. The flu virus causes an infectious and contagious respiratory disease, and often results in a pandemic and/or smaller seasonal epidemic.

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team has developed a method that can be used to study the interaction of viruses with host cells in ...

The influenza virus manipulates the body's gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread. A new study also shows that an already approved drug could help strengthen immune defenses ...

The influenza virus manipulates the body's gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread, according to researchers at the University of Gothenburg.

Baloxavir marboxil (baloxavir) rapidly reduces influenza virus shedding, which suggests that it may reduce transmission. Studies of treatment with neuraminidase inhibitors have not shown sufficient ...