A new PEARLS article in PLoS Pathogens reviews the rapid evolution and pandemic potential of emerging influenza A viruses, ...

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

The idea is biologically plausible and historically grounded — and it reframes how we think about the origin of pandemics.

Operators of a B.C. ostrich farm where 400 birds have been ordered culled say dozens of supporters have converged on the ...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says the cull of a flock of ostriches in southwest B.C. will move forward in order ...

"It would increase the possibility of reassortment or mutation, particularly with birds raised in open pasture where there is ongoing exposure to wildlife. "This could also increase the human ...

It would increase the possibility of reassortment or mutation, particularly with birds raised in open pasture where there is ongoing exposure to wildlife. This could also increase the human health ...

Vaccine development remains a challenge due to many factors and influenza vaccination in animals remains an important measure to control and prevent reassortment events and zoonotic transmission ...