There is a new flu-like virus on the rise in China and other parts of Asia and it is beginning to raise concern amongst those still reeling after the COVID pandemic. It’s called human ...

The notion of flu season is a relic of times when one virus could transfix our response efforts and dominate our collective consciousness. Influenza in 1918. H.I.V. in 1980s and ’90s.

The H5N1 bird flu, spreading across all 50 U.S. states, raises concerns about a potential pandemic. The virus has impacted dairy farms, poultry flocks, and humans, with one confirmed human death ...

Scientists have an idea of how bird flu would have to evolve in order to spread more easily among humans: A mutation in one protein on the virus' surface could help it bind better human cells.

Cases of RSV and flu are ticking up among young children in the U.S. even as overall respiratory virus activity remains low, according to CDC data.

Scientists have discovered that H5N1, the strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus currently spreading in U.S. dairy cows, only needs a single mutation to readily latch on to human cells ...

The flu just won’t quit this year. The virus seemed to peak after the December holidays in Massachusetts, headed back down, and then made an abrupt U-turn. And it’s still climbing.

While bird flu has been around for decades, the discovery in 2024 that the deadly pathogen spread from a wild bird to a cow came as a surprise to virus watchers, according to news officials.In ...

CDC classifies flu virus as 'highly' severe for first time in 7 years. by Liz Bonis, WKRC. Tue, February 18th 2025 at 4:17 PM. Updated Wed, February 19th 2025 at 7:50 PM (WKRC file) TOPICS: ...

A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation’s first severe case of the illness, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...