New study reveals how influenza virus infiltrates heart tissue via specialised immune cells, triggering damaging interferon ...

For the first time, scientists have been able to watch the flu virus live as it infects human airway cells. They developed a ...

H5N1 avian influenza is highly pathogenic and has been devastating bird populations worldwide. It continues to do so, and is also moving into new animals, like skunks, bears, raccoons, cats, and dairy ...

In a breakthrough for influenza research, scientists have discovered immune cells that can recognize influenza (flu) viruses even as they mutate, raising hopes for a longer-lasting vaccine and a ...

A Vero-cell-culture–derived trivalent influenza vaccine had a protective efficacy of 79% against antigenically matched influenza strains. Conventional egg-based influenza vaccines have several ...

Most influenza viruses enter human or animal cells through specific pathways on the cells’ surface. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now discovered that certain human flu viruses and avian ...

The influenza virus manipulates the body's gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread. A new study also shows that an already approved drug could help strengthen immune defenses -- though its ...

Influenza D virus, a pathogen best known for causing respiratory illness in cattle, appears to be silently infecting farmworkers across multiple continents, according to a growing body of serological ...

December 12, 2011 — Children with sickle cell anemia who receive the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine are no more likely to be hospitalized for sickle cell crisis than children with sickle cell ...

A live-cell imaging tool allowed researchers to follow influenza A virus through its life cycle in airway organoids, showing ...

As flu cases continue to surge during the colder months, doctors are again seeing a troubling pattern: heart disease deaths also rise when the flu spreads.

Influenza hemagglutinin subunit vaccines are more effective and offer better cross protection against various influenza virus challenges when combined with a mucosal adjuvant that enhances the body's ...