Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape-to become either spheres or larger filaments-to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions, according to a ...

Undergraduate and graduate physics students at UMaine Hess Lab in Orono are currently working on research that if proven, ...

Federal health officials say a dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the ...

Human-to-human transmission has not happened in the UK or Europe since bird flu first emerged in 1997 - but experts warn each infection increases the risk of the virus adapting to human hosts and ...

The flu's impact extends beyond typical respiratory symptoms, affecting the brain by causing short-term issues like brain fog ...

One in every three flu tests came back positive last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A new variant of avian influenza affecting dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic mutation that could make it easier for the ...

Within 24 to 48 hours of the first detection of the virus, state and federal animal health officials work with farms to cull ...

In a breakthrough for influenza research, scientists have discovered immune cells that can recognize influenza (flu) viruses ...

The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to ...

An emerging strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza has spilled over from wild birds to dairy cows in the state of Nevada ...