Hope is on the horizon for needle-phobic patients as Griffith University researchers have created a new influenza vaccine ...

BOTHELL, Wash., Nov. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cocrystal Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: COCP) (“Cocrystal” or the “Company”) reports financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, ...

"A nasal drop administration can significantly limit respiratory virus replication and shedding. "More work needs to be done, ...

Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the ...

Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to ...

The detection of H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) in a pig on an Oregon farm has again raised concerns specifically among ...

Influenza B viruses have cocirculated during most seasonal flu epidemics and can cause significant human morbidity and mortality due to their rapid mutation, emerging drug resistance, and severe ...

Bird flu has been found in at least one pig at a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the H5N1 virus in swine in ...

Another tool in an influenza virus’s kit is something known as reassortment. A flu virus’s genetic material is made up of ...

Some antiviral drugs demonstrate high effectiveness against bovine H5N1. A recent study published in Nature reports that a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus, isolated from the eye of ...

That’s why we’re nervous, but we have a lot of questions.” Pigs are one of the few animals in which an avian virus can ...

As of now, 17 states have reported H5N1 bird flu cases in humans, but there is still no evidence for transmission between people and the infections have been mild. Could that change?