Why do some vaccines work better than others?
If someone is vaccinated against the measles virus, they likely won't get measles.
Mar 11, 2024
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If someone is vaccinated against the measles virus, they likely won't get measles.
Mar 11, 2024
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Influenza is a seasonal virus that emerges and peaks in winter, so with evenings shortening in the UK, it's time to think about flu again.
Sep 11, 2023
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The avian influenza virus subtype H16N3 is currently detectable in many countries. To examine the potential threat to humans of H16N3, researchers recently performed an extensive avian influenza surveillance in major wild ...
Apr 8, 2020
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Bird flu is spreading among wild birds, chickens and turkeys across much of the United States but health authorities said Wednesday there is a low risk of people getting sick.
Apr 22, 2015
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Earlier this month, the U.S. government declared that the emerging H7N9 bird flu "poses a significant potential for a public health emergency." The virus, a relative of other bird flus we've seen previously like H1N1 and ...
May 14, 2013
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A seven-year-old girl who contracted the H7N9 strain of bird flu left hospital on Wednesday and appeared before media in an apparent bid by health authorities to cool concerns about the deadly virus.
Apr 17, 2013
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A 35-year-old man has become Cambodia's eighth bird flu fatality this year, prompting concern about the spread of the virus in the country, a health official said Tuesday,
Feb 26, 2013
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In a new essay, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and David Morens, M.D., reflect on what has been learned about emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) in the two decades ...
Dec 11, 2012
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Hong Kong on Thursday closed a popular tourist spot where hundreds of caged birds are on display after the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus was detected at one of the stalls.
Jul 5, 2012
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Last year, in an effort to understand the biology of H5N1, two independent research groups successfully engineered the lethal avian flu virus to be transmissible between mammals, and perhaps among humans. At the end of January, ...
Feb 16, 2012
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