Currently, the most common viruses in circulation are Influenza A (H1N1) and its subtype H3N2. Several factors contribute to the increase of cases: Seasonal pattern: The monsoon and winter months ...

Most flu cases appear to be from influenza A strains, with a split between influenza A/H3N2 and influenza A/H1N1. These are two different subtypes of the influenza A virus. Researchers believe ...

Other factors could be that the flu strains that are fueling illness this season (primarily the influenza A strains H3N2 and H1N1) cause more severe disease and that fewer people have been ...

Health officials in Britain have published a first-of-its-kind list of the disease-causing viruses they believe pose the greatest risk to humans - including four viruses highlighted as pandemic risks.

the animals were protected from infection following exposure to H3N2 seasonal flu virus. The reason Mantus and her team—and essentially all others chasing the possibility of a universal flu ...

No further infection of the virus was detected in the remaining flock, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) said. "While this is the first time this virus has been ...

Ibitoye is a visiting fellow at the Brown University Pandemic Center. Nuzzo is director of the Pandemic Center and professor of epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health.

Dr. Rivers is an epidemiologist and the author of “Crisis Averted: The Hidden Science of Fighting Outbreaks.” Bird flu has long been a top contender for starting the next pandemic. Between ...

UK health experts have pinpointed four high-risk emerging viruses with the potential to trigger the next global pandemic, dubbed "Disease X". In a report, the UK Health Security Agency identified ...

The results came back positive for influenza-A subtype H5N1. Bird flu. With that diagnosis in mind, one of Russo’s colleagues tried to get some bovine samples tested for H5N1, but the lab refused.