RSV is usually contagious for three to eight days. A patient also may be contagious a day or two before experiencing symptoms, the CDC said. Infants and those with weakened immune systems, however, ...
A bird-flu pandemic is far from inevitable. But health experts are closely monitoring an outbreak that could quickly escalate ...
In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately. Young, old, sick and otherwise-healthy people all became infected — at ...
Could the threat of another worldwide pandemic be on the way? On Jan. 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the first American, a man in Louisiana, had died from severe avian ...
US health officials announced Friday they were awarding $590 million to Moderna to develop mRNA vaccines against influenza, ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging hospitals to accelerate advanced testing of people they suspect ...
The latest confirmation likely reflects follow-up testing of a San Francisco child whose exposure to the virus is still under ...
One of the earliest strains of bird flu isolated from a human in Texas shows a unique constellation of mutations that enable ...
A university professor and two students recreated a virus identical to the one that caused the devastating 1918 Spanish Flu ...
In the case of flu, the receptor contains sialic acid molecules. However, there are various types of virus receptors. The HA ...
As the first bird flu death in the U.S. sparks concern over the ongoing spread of the virus, epidemiologist and ...
New research from the Leighton School of Nursing indicates that where one lives in the U.S. may significantly impact their ...