A strain of bird flu that has jumped from animals to people in the United States could find its way to Europe, EU scientists have warned in a new report. EU-US trade of “raw milk” products and wild ...

Deadly viruses throughout history From the Ebola to COVID-19, diseases caused by viruses have killed humans throughout history. Viruses are much older than human beings, possibly even older than ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

Kevine Umurerwa's routine flu turned into a week-long battle with Influenza A, in late May when the 23-year-old university student got ill, highlighting the rising threat of severe flu strains in ...

Studies show that avian-to-swine transmission is rare, that pigs and humans have similar distributions of sialic acid receptors in their respiratory tracts to which influenza viruses bind, and ...

The 1918 flu, also known as the Spanish Flu, lasted until 1920 and is considered the deadliest pandemic in modern history. Today, as the world grinds to a halt in response to the coronavirus ...

The influenza virus strain commonly referred to as the “Spanish flu” reached the United States in 1918, a year after the nation entered World War I. Researchers have no consensus on the origins of the ...

The claim: A study co-authored by Dr. Anthony Fauci found Spanish flu victims died from pneumonia caused by mask-wearing. Since the emergence of COVID-19, masks have become a way of life. But for ...

Transmission of clade I viruses outside of Africa has not yet reached the levels seen in 2022 with the clade II viruses. But a number of African countries are struggling to contain their spread ...

But one case of bird flu in particular has been making more headlines than usual—a Missouri resident tested positive for H5N1 in August, but unlike the 17 other known cases, didn’t have any ...

Shah said health officials are not considering offering a vaccine for H5N1 bird flu because so far it hasn’t been associated with severe illness or with transmission between people.