Background: Accurate estimation of the case-fatality (CF) rate, or the proportion of cases that die, is central to pandemic planning. While estimates of CF rates for past influenza pandemics have ...

Moderna today reported promising relative vaccine efficacy (rVE) findings from a phase 3 trial of its seasonal mRNA flu ...

At 21-42 days post-vaccination, the geometric mean haemagglutination inhibition titres were 32% higher for H1N1, 55% for H3N2, and 39% for B strains among recipients of the high-dose vaccine than ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

2020 saw the start of two global pandemics. Covid-19, of course, but also H5N1 bird flu, which has since swept around the world leaving millions of dead wild birds in its wake. It has reached ...

A recent lab study found that H5N1, a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, can survive in raw milk for quite some time. The study found that the virus stayed alive for over a day at room ...

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“This study is important as it provides yet more evidence that the H5N1 influenza virus that is circulating in dairy cattle in the USA is, in principle, capable of respiratory transmission ...

H5N1 bird flu is capable of spreading through the air, a new animal study from the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has found. H5N1 was believed to spread primarily through direct contact with ...

The pork industry continues seeking answers to questions involving the H5N1 virus. Dr. Lisa Becton with the Swine Health Information Center says the influenza strain remains a threat despite no ...

The familiar annual seasonal and sporadic influenza pandemics are often caused by influenza A virus (IAV), leading to substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide. 1 Seasonal influenza is caused ...