Cases of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy and poultry workers have largely been mild. However, a new case in a British Columbia ...

A Canadian teen who is in critical condition after contracting H5N1 bird flu was infected with a version of the virus that is different from the one circulating in U.S. cattle.

Scientists in the US have expressed concern about the detection of the first case of H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) flu in a ...

The 2009 (H1N1) Pandemic First isolated from humans in Mexico and the USA. Caused approximately 0.5–1 million deaths worldwide. Shared striking similarities with the 1918 pandemic virus.

Although H5N1 causes symptoms similar to seasonal flu, such as cough, fever, shortness of breath, headache, muscle pain, sore ...

Human-to-human transmission is very rare, but as cases among animals rise, many experts are worried the virus could develop ...

Researchers at Stanford found that sialic acid-rich antibodies can lessen flu severity by binding to anti-inflammatory ...

Miller, who is also the co-director of the Canadian Pandemic Preparedness Hub ... That’s because the seasonal flu vaccine ...

This is due to the high susceptibility of pigs to human and avian influenza viruses, the mixing of which can produce viruses with increased pandemic ... influenza virus strains for binding to ...

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Pigs were the source of the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009-2010, and have been implicated as the source of others, said Richard Webby, a St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital virologist who studies flu in ...