The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. The best way to ...

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive ...

The Shapiro administration is proposing a $25 million cut to a state bird flu recovery program, arguing that its $61.5 ...

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Kennedy Jr. falsely claiming that vaccines caused the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic known as the Spanish flu. One Facebook ...

Researchers have revealed that the presence of Nora virus in fruit flies can increase their sensitivity to bacterial ...

The team tested the device using aerosolized inactivated viruses to evaluate the performance of the sensor unit. The machine sampled the air continuously, providing a readout every 5 min, and ...

When a disease-causing pathogen such as a flu virus is already adapted to infect a particular animal species, it may eventually evolve the ability to infect a new species, such as humans, through a ...

According to a new study, a component found in all mushrooms could offer protection against lung damage caused by the flu. A team of scientists led by Maziar Divangahi, a professor at ...

Since 1959 the avian flu virus H5N1 has been popping up around the globe. Now scientists believe it could spark the next ...

Public health disasters like a pandemic could strike at any time and a national group gave only a middle grade to South ...

The bird flu is about much more than egg prices, and it’s an open question whether industry or policy can slow the spread.