The first human to have ever been infected with H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials confirmed late Friday.

Cell-based influenza vaccines were superior to egg-based vaccines across patient populations during a recent influenza season ...

It is not clear whether influenza A virus is capable of infecting atherosclerotic plaques, because it is generally considered to infect cells in the pulmonary tree only, although viral genes have been ...

During the 2023 to 2024 season, cell culture-based inactivated influenza vaccine was effective in children and adults, particularly in young children. Cell culture-based inactivated influenza vaccine ...

A LARGE observational study has found that cell-based quadrivalent inactivated influenza (QIVc) offered significantly better protection for children compared to the traditional egg-based version (QIVe ...

The influenza virus manipulates the body’s gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread, according to researchers at the University of Gothenburg. Their study also shows that an already ...

Oxidative stress drives aging and is a key factor in diseases like Alzheimer's, Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and diabetes. It also plays a critical role in ...

A 13-year-old girl in British Columbia who was hospitalized with bird flu for several weeks late last year harbored a mutated version of the virus, according to a report published this week in the New ...

As cases of H5N1 bird flu rise across the U.S., some of us may be more immune to the virus than others. Many people may have immune cells called "T cells" primed and ready to fight the "highly ...