H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...

Researchers successfully decoded the genome of the 1918 influenza virus by utilizing an over 100-year-old formalin-fixed ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

In other developments, a Chinese research team that studied experimental infections involving different inoculation routes and resulting transmission in dairy cattle found that mouth-to-teat ...

University of Missouri researchers uncover the antiviral potential of defensins — tiny proteins with big possibilities in ...

However, HA from human influenza viruses binds to different receptors—those with α2-6 sialic acid—which are abundant in our upper respiratory tract cells.

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode ...

Influenza viruses infect hosts by binding to sialic acid receptors in the respiratory tract. Avian viruses preferentially bind to α2,3-linked receptors, while human viruses target α2,6-linked ...

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and the Medical Center - University of Freiburg has ...

Ultimately, protecting your pets from bird flu also protects you. In a past outbreak with a closely related avian influenza virus, at least one human infection was traced to a sick cat.

“There are hundreds of strains of bird flu, and most of them don’t infect humans, or even mammals,” Stephen Cusack told BioWorld. “There are two main reasons for that.” To be able to cause an ...

The winter flu season features two types of influenza. Here's what you need to know about them and how they differ.