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

When scientists engineer a better way to fight the flu, they often begin with nature’s own defenses. That’s what a new study ...

The spread of H5N1 avian influenza virus in the United States has sparked fears of a potential pandemic. The H5N1 virus is ...

The Global Virus Network, a group that represents virologists from more than 40 countries, has called on governments around ...

Annual flu shots could become a thing of the past under a new vaccine strategy developed and tested by University of Nebraska ...

Scientists have engineered a monoclonal antibody that can protect mice from a lethal dose of influenza A, a new study shows.

While the risk of contracting and dying from the H5N1 avian flu remains low for humans, researchers continue to hunt for ...

The crystal structure of the hemagglutinin of both the viruses is similar, especially within the Sa antigenic site. Compared with seasonal influenza outbreaks, the overall impact of the 2009 H1N1 ...

Scientists have engineered a monoclonal antibody that can protect mice from a lethal dose of influenza A, a new study shows. The new molecule combines the specificity of a mature flu fighter with the ...

This virus was named Influenza B and the inactivated influenza ... viruses isolated during the 1900s); The subtype [16 possible hemagglutinin and 9 possible neuraminidase subtypes].