By Hugo Francisco de Souza A rare human challenge-style trial shows that even with poor ventilation and prolonged exposure, influenza may fail to spread unless viral shedding, host susceptibility, and ...

Groundbreaking research explores far-UVC light as a potential breakthrough in stopping highly pathogenic avian influenza spread in poultry farms.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — In February 2025, a large number of cases of avian influenza were reported, prompting people to be informed about different precautions they needed to take. Presently, it is ...

The study does not suggest that influenza is harmless or difficult to catch. Each year, millions, and possibly billions, of cases occur worldwide, with strong evidence that aerosol transmission plays ...

Health officials around the globe, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention, are monitoring the ongoing avian influenza ...

Two emerging pathogens with animal origins - influenza D virus and canine coronavirus - have so far been quietly flying under ...

HIRSCHHEIMER. ALSO IN THE NEWS THIS MORNING, U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE BRACING FOR WHAT’S EXPECTED TO BE A ROUGH RESPIRATORY VIRUS SEASON, FUELED BY HOLIDAY TRAVEL AND A NEW FLU VARIANT. SO THIS ...

The study showed that the pig viruses have changed over time. In some cases, a similarity with human influenza viruses was also found, indicating that viruses have spread from humans to pigs. No new ...

Influenza, the virus responsible for flu, is known to spread through aerosols (microscopic droplets) released when an infected person coughs, sneezes or even breathes normally. It can also pass from ...