Browsing: Flu

November 24, 20253 min readFirst Human Dies of Rare H5N5 Bird Flu Strain. Here’s What You Need to KnowH5N1 bird flu has been circulating in U.S.…

November 24, 20255 min readIs the U.S. in Store for Another Brutal Flu Season?U.S. flu rates remain low, but experts are keeping an eye on a…

Reporting Highlights Gone With The Wind: After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing hens and spiking egg prices, the USDA didn’t investigate whether…

This year’s flu season has begun more than a month earlier than usual, with a mutated strain spreading widely among younger people and expected to drive…

Hospitals are bracing for a once-in-a-decade flu season, with a mutated version of the virus that is spreading widely in younger people expected to drive a…

November 13, 20253 min readAre Turkeys at Risk of Bird Flu This Thanksgiving?Nearly two million U.S. turkeys have died from bird flu in recent months. An…

Bird flu has wiped out half of South Georgia’s breeding elephant seals, according to a study that warns of “serious implications” for the future of the…

Future antibody therapies could target H5N1 avian influenza virus (green).Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo LibraryResearchers are increasingly developing antibody therapies to treat infectious diseases. Therapies are being…

How Are Annual Flu Vaccines Made?Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how the World Health Organization decides which strains of influenza end up in annual flu vaccines.By Zachary…

October 29, 20253 min readThis Overlooked Bird Flu Strain Might Be the Next Pandemic RiskExperiments suggests H9N2 has adapted to human cells, but cases of person-to-person…