Acute necrotizing encephalopathy, or A.N.E., can result from influenza or other infections, including Covid-19.

Spanish Flu gripped the world from 1918 to 1920. The lung of an 18-year-old who died in the summer of 1918 has revealed ...

USF and FAU researchers identify bacterium behind 1,500-year-old pandemic mystery. For the first time, scientists have obtained direct genomic evidence of the bacterium responsible for the Plague of ...

A mix of three antibodies seems to protect mice against several strains of influenza and could one day be useful against ...

Researchers hope the antibody cocktail could work as a standalone prophylactic for high-risk groups, in addition to serving as a therapy for those severely ill with flu.

Experts at Johns Hopkins and across the country work together to better understand the behavior and characteristics of ...

When the 1925 Serum Run to Nome is recalled, they almost always think of sled dogs cutting across frozen Alaskan wilderness, ...

Live Science spoke with leading epidemiologist Michael Osterholm about his new book, "The Big One," which discusses the next ...

Researchers have uncovered why older adults are more vulnerable to severe flu. The culprit is a protein called ApoD, which ...

The World Health Organization on Monday raised its pandemic alert level in response to the outbreak of swine flu that originated in Mexico. The move from level three to level four on the WHO's ...

Michael Osterholm, University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy director, was driving to the ...

In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately.