Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape—to become either spheres or larger filaments—to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions ...

The isolation of influenza virus 80 years ago in 1933 very quickly led to the development of the first generation of live-attenuated vaccines. The first inactivated influenza vaccine was ...

Avian Influenza can already be considered a pandemic among wild and domesticated animals due to the virus' pervasive spread across geography and species. Likewise, the spread of H5N1 from wild ...

The crystal structure of the hemagglutinin of both the viruses is similar, especially within the Sa antigenic site. Compared with seasonal influenza outbreaks, the overall impact of the 2009 H1N1 ...

Apr. 8, 2025 — Scientists have pioneered an influenza virus vector-based nasal spray vaccine platform and developed a nasal spray H5N1 avian influenza vaccine. During the early COVID-19 pandemic ...

As schools reopen, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reports an uptick in flu cases following a recent ...

The spread of avian influenza, commonly called bird flu ... years and the death of one person in the United States is the H5N1. The H7N9 bird flu virus has proved to have a high death rate for humans ...

This work is published in Nature Medicine in the paper, “Immune history shapes human antibody responses to H5N1 influenza viruses.” “We know that early childhood influenza exposures can ...