A pair of lungs preserved over a century ago from a deceased Spanish flu patient has helped unravel the genetic adaptations ...

Influenza viruses are shifty entities. They accumulate small genetic changes on a regular basis, necessitating yearly updates to the flu vaccines because the prior year’s strain may not look much like ...

Scientists in Switzerland have cracked open a century-old viral mystery by decoding the genome of the 1918 influenza virus.

Bird flu, for the moment, appears to be under control. But experts have a warning for federal and state health officials.

An avian influenza pandemic remains within the realm of possibility. To reduce the risk, we need to engage in a One Health ...

A reassortment in cats could technically be possible since these pets occasionally get seasonal flu, but it's highly unlikely. Rather, Rasmussen said, it's more likely that a cat would pass H5N1 to a ...

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

Avian influenza (“bird flu”) was first described in the late 1800s. It’s a highly transmissible and usually mild disease of wild birds such as geese, swans, seagulls, shorebirds, and also ...

The Federal Court of Appeal has wrapped up hearing arguments in an ongoing court case involving B.C. farmers and an order to ...

Reassortment can occur when two different influenza viruses infect the same cell and exchange gene segments, creating a virus with a combination of genes from both viruses.

Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is also gaining ground while COVID levels are decreasing. Waste-water testing, also from PHAC, found viral levels of COVID and flu are moderate, while RSV is high.

Canada does not currently have a bird flu vaccine, but research is underway at the University of Guelph to try and create an ...