For the first time since 1952, publication of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report was halted. It returned on Feb.
Influenza is a highly contagious viral infection that affects the respiratory system. Although often dismissed as a seasonal ...
NEW YORK – The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years.
Demand remains low, but lab stakeholders said the industry is significantly better prepared to meet a spike in H5N1 testing ...
By 1957, scientists had a significantly more sophisticated understanding of influenza, worrying them that a pandemic similar ...
New York has ordered a weeklong shutdown of all live bird markets in New York City, Westchester and Long Island after seven cases of avian flu were detected at bird ...
That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...
When the H5N1 bird flu virus jumps from animals into people, it hits a dead end. Missing the key genes that would help it ...