A new warning from global health experts is raising alarms about the potential for a bird flu pandemic that could outpace the ...

The virus would become a pandemic virus if it gains the capability of human-to-human transmission, the head of the French ...

Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of ...

This year's version of H3N2 has experts on alert. It's a mutated version, subclade K, that may weaken the vaccine's ...

Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on Feb. 5, 1976. On that bitter cold day, he collapsed and died. Autopsy specimens unexpectedly ...

Spain has reintroduced mask requirements in hospitals and medical facilities following a sharp rise in flu cases, with ...

The discovery of a new bat coronavirus in China has sparked concerns about another pandemic. The virus, named HKU5-CoV-2, is similar to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in that it targets ...

European health authorities issue warnings over unprecedented bird flu outbreaks, urging early detection, preparedness and ...

A seasonal flu virus suddenly mutated in the summer. It appears to evade some of our immunity, has kick-started a flu season ...

The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France's Institut ...

People have antibodies against common H1 and H3 seasonal flu, but none against the H5 bird flu affecting birds and mammals ...