The flu has returned to some countries with high rates of natural immunity against SARS-CoV-2. In contrast, countries with high vaccination rates but low natural immunity rates are seeing record new covid waves, although at lower hospitalization and death rates than before.

“Worth emphasising this is at super low numbers right now in a region of Africa that is fairly well sampled, however it very very much should be monitored due to that horrific spike profile"...

Influenza, a highly contagious respiratory tract infection, affects millions of adults and children each year. Several high-risk populations include children, the elderly, the immunocompromised, an...

Almost 43 million birds, sick and healthy, have been killed this year due to avian influenza outbreaks, according to OIE.

Drinking up to 100 mg of caffeine a day during the second trimester of pregnancy was associated with a 47% reduction in gestational diabetes risk.

Does the HPV vaccine protect men against cancer?

There has been considerable controversy over the past year, particularly in Europe, over whether the World Health Organization (WHO) changed its definition of pandemic influenza in 2009, after novel H1N1 influenza was identified.

A microrobot that mimics the movement of a starfish larva may one day lead to microswimmers that can deliver drugs to diseased cells with pinpoint accuracy.

In recent years, Zika virus (ZIKV), which causes severe diseases such as congenital microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome, bringing serious harm to…...

Viral metagenomic studies have enabled the discovery of many unknown viruses and revealed that viral communities are much more diverse and ubiquitous than previously thought. Some viruses have multiple genome components that are encapsidated either in separate virions (multipartite viruses) or in...

Acute inflammation is a critical host defense response during viral infection. When dysregulated, inflammation drives immunopathology and tissue damage. Excessive, damaging inflammation is a hallmark of both pandemic influenza A virus (IAV) infections and Severe Acute Respiratory...

New research confirms an earlier study that the antidepressant fluvoxamine prevents some of the most serious complications of COVID-19.

Geminivirus replication initiator protein (Rep) is a multifunctional viral protein required for replication. During the process of viral replication, Rep acts as a site- and strand-specific endonuc...

To determine the frequency of neurologic complications associated with influenza in
hospitalized children.

Pershing Square Capital Management founder Bill Ackman says that it will be bullish for equity markets if symptoms caused by the omicron coronavirus variant turn out to be mild to moderate, even if it’s more transmissible.

The Japanese Agriculture Ministry says it does "not believe there is any possibility of avian influenza being transmitted to humans through the consumption of chicken meat or eggs".

The Chief Veterinary Officer suspects the presence of Avian Influenza in the area...

"Understanding the history of the deep biosphere can provide insight into the evolution of life on Earth."...

Concomitant vaccination with ChAdOx1 or BNT162b2 plus an age-appropriate influenza
vaccine raises no safety concerns and preserves antibody responses to both vaccines. Concomitant vaccination with both COVID-19 and influenza vaccines over the next immunisation season should reduce the burden on...

India News: NEW DELHI: Bharat Biotech CMD Krishna Ella on Wednesday blamed the negative campaign against Covaxin in India, particularly in the media, for the dela.

A solar "mini-refinery" that can turn sunlight and air into carbon-neutral fuels has proven its effectiveness over the course of years, researchers say.

Duck circovirus (DuCV) is widespread across the world and causes feather disorders in young ducks. It was identified as the causative pathogen of duck beak atrophy and dwarfism syndrome and primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Japan has detected its first outbreak of bird flu for the 2021 winter season, with confirmation of a case of "highly pathogenic avian influenza" at a poultry farm in the northeast of the country, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday.