The first signs that H5N1 — or any new flu virus — was starting to spread from person to person would trigger a race to ...

Over the first half of the 20th century the world saw growing rates of heart disease mortality. From the 1920s to the 1960s ...

With H5N1 avian influenza causing unprecedented outbreaks in mammals around the world -- including U.S. dairy cattle -- ...

More Americans have died from Covid than the 1918 flu pandemic The emergence of a virus usually happens in two phases, Fontanet explained. First “an explosive epidemic phase” when the virus ...

After inactive bird flu fragments were found in milk samples, here's everything you need to know about the recent bird flu ...

A new survey of 187 scientists set to be published at the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases ...

While attention was focused on Covid, a new variant of avian influenza emerged: one that can infect many different species ...

The early results suggest that pasteurization is killing the H5N1 virus in milk, something that regulators were not certain ...

US authorities reported this month that one person in Texas is recovering from bird flu after coming into contact with cows, ...

Evidence from the Remains of 1918 Flu Pandemic Victims Contradicts Long-Held Belief That Healthy Young Adults Were Particularly Vulnerable Oct. 10, 2023 — New analysis of the remains of victims ...

Should people be worried? Pasteurization and the H5N1 virus’s route to infection suggests risks to people remains low.

While the 2009 H1N1 pandemic is estimated to have killed about a quarter-million people worldwide — severe flu seasons sometimes kill more — the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic is believed to have ...