Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses like H5N1, H5N6, and H7N9 pose an evolving global threat due to their capacity to ...

Pigs could play a key role in ending the flu as we know it. That’s the message behind new research testing a ...

Most flu viruses enter human cells through a single entryway — but new research has revealed a "back door" some germs can use to more easily infect cells and jump between species. Seasonal ...

How dangerous is it? Where did it come from? H5N1 influenza’s origins stretch back to the 1990s, and key events paved the way ...

"While our findings deepen our understanding of how T cells react to changing flu viruses, they are also highly relevant for ...

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Scientists have an idea of how bird flu would have to evolve in order to spread more easily among humans: A mutation in one protein on the virus' surface could help it bind better human cells.

A team of Ohio State researchers engineered a new antibody that could revolutionize influenza prevention through a nasal ...

University of Pennsylvania researchers have discovered a right-handed, antiparallel double-helix inside influenza ...

The flu component of the new vaccine contains genetic instructions for human cells to make glycoproteins — molecules of ...