The reduction in global travel during COVID-19 offered researchers new insights into influenza spread and mutation. After ...

Alveo Technologies, Inc. (Alveo), a leader in molecular sensing and diagnostics with its proprietary IntelliSensetm molecular detection technology, today announced that it received an agreement issued ...

California public health officials are dipping into state and federal stockpiles to equip up to 10,000 farmworkers with masks ...

This is particularly challenging because different influenza strains or serotypes will rearrange ... sequence information ...

Why do some people develop severe flu symptoms? A study points the finger at an unsung portion of the antibodies our immune systems generate to fend off invading pathogens.

A B.C. teenager who tested positive for bird flu — caused by the H5N1 strain of avian influenza — is now in critical ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) today confirmed a human case of avian influenza (also known as bird flu) caused by influenza A(H5N1) virus in Canada. This is the first domestically acquired ...

“Some animals have absolutely been decimated by this,” said Fiona Brinkman, a professor of genomics and bioinformatics at ...

Guiding a child through grief is an emotionally intricate task, full of nuances that sometimes seem beyond words (way more ...

A teen in Canada may be the first person to catch an H5 bird flu virus within the country. Health officials are now working ...

The seasonal flu places a significant burden on healthcare systems globally, leading to over five million hospitalizations ...

Roughly a year after a massive outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza killed more than 17,000 elephant seals, including about 97% of their pups, scientists estimate only about a third ...