Led by Dr. Verena Schünemann, the study combines archaeogenetics, historical pathology, and modern virology to understand not just the virus’s genetic structure, but how it was already changing in the ...

BEIJING, Aug 11 (Reuters) - China has banned imports of poultry and related products from Spain over an avian influenza outbreak, China's customs administration said in a notice dated August 7 ...

A pair of lungs preserved over a century ago from a deceased Spanish flu patient has helped unravel the genetic adaptations undergone by the virus to spread across Europe during the start of the 1918 ...

A hospital in Kansas during the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918. Credit: Wikimedia Commons In a glass jar at the University of Zurich, a lung has been sitting in silence for more than a hundred years.

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Laura holds a Master's in ...

The preserved lung of an 18-year-old Swiss man has been used to create the full genome of the 1918 "Spanish flu," the first complete influenza A genome with a precise date from Europe. It offers new ...

One of the best, most everlasting parts of that first season of Peacemaker was its opening credits as the antihero and friends (and his dad) danced to “Do You Wanna Taste It?” by Wig Wam. With season ...

Scientists in Switzerland have cracked open a century-old viral mystery by decoding the genome of the 1918 influenza virus from a preserved Zurich patient. This ancient RNA revealed that the virus had ...

A century-old Swiss flu sample reveals that critical human-adaptations were in place at the pandemic’s onset, offering fresh clues to viral evolution and future preparedness. Credit: Shutterstock ...