On Monday, Louisiana health officials announced that a person hospitalized last month with a severe case of avian influenza — ...

The nation has recorded its first fatality from the H5N1 bird flu, and while health officials say risk to the public remains low, there are still a few things to know. The U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Louisiana health authorities reported that a patient aged over 60 was the country's first person to die from bird flu.

Officials say the risk is generally low but urged Americans to take precautions while health experts closely monitor the ...

There’s a difference between a couch potato and a lethargic dog. While your couch potato dog may just be a tad lazy, a ...

Fear of needles is a top reason for vaccine hesitancy and a major obstacle to getting vaccinated for many people around the ...

If you have developed a virus that is causing an illness, it is natural to wonder if this can be transmitted to your ...

In two of the recent U.S. cases — an adult in Missouri and a child in California — health officials have not determined how ...

The U.S. has developed a bird flu vaccine that can be prepared when needed. It’s not currently available because health ...

A colorized transmission electron micrograph of avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (blue), grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells - Copyright ...

The isolation of influenza virus 80 years ago in 1933 very quickly led to the development of the first generation of live-attenuated vaccines. The first inactivated influenza vaccine was ...

Yearly administration of the influenza vaccine is the main strategy to prevent influenza in immunocompromised patients. Here, we reviewed the recent literature regarding the clinical significance ...