The United States is seeing a second peak in flu cases this season. After doctor’s office visits for flu dipped early this ...

RSV, respiratory syncytial virus, usually peaks in December and January while infecting the nose, throat and lungs, usually ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu.

The flu is a disease of the respiratory system involving the mouth, nose, throat and occasionally the bronchi and lungs.

Avian influenza poses a growing pandemic threat as the virus becomes more adaptive to humans, pets and zoo animals, European disease and food agencies warned on Wednesday, the 29th of January, while ...

Bird flu poses an increasing pandemic threat as it becomes more adaptive, jumping to humans, pets and zoo animals, Europe’s ...

First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment ...

RSV is usually contagious for three to eight days. A patient also may be contagious a day or two before experiencing symptoms ...

Both H5N9 and H5N1 were detected at the duck farm in Merced County, according to tests conducted by the US Department of ...

A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including ...

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 ...

Bird flu, or avian influenza, primarily affects birds but ... These mutations make the virus more efficient in causing ...