Fears the world is heading towards another pandemic are growing, as new data shows the spread of the deadly bird flu virus ...

A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able ...

A seasonal flu virus that can lead to paralysis has been detected in California wastewater. Influenza B has been shown at a ...

H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

A single dose of the antiviral baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) led to a lower incidence of influenza virus transmission to ...

This was also the first year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that deaths from flu surpassed deaths from COVID.

A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as 2.3.4.4b, which has ...

From egg prices to pet food recalls – and now, confirmation that another strain of bird flu has infected a large commercial ...

While most people recover from the flu within days, this fast-mutating virus can lead to serious illness—especially for the elderly, pregnant women, young children, and those with chronic ...

The five available in New Zealand are Influvac Tetra, Flucelvax Quad, Fluad Quad, FluQuadri, and Afluria Quad. Drug-buying ...