Predicting the infection patterns of influenzas requires tracking both the ecology and the evolution of the fast-morphing viruses that cause them, said a researcher who enlists computers to model such ...

Like the biggest lout in a clan of bad neighbors, the H5N1 bird flu virus is just the worst of a large family of avian influenzas that regularly threaten poultry farms and sometimes menace human ...

Avian flu, commonly known as bird flu, may be back in the news, but the risk to residents of North Central Ohio is considered low.

As influenzas go, the H7N9 virus at first seemed relatively benign: in late March, the Chinese government reported that three individuals had contracted the illness, and that two had died. The ...

As viruses go, H1N1 is a genetic pip-squeak. Like its influenza brethren, it possesses only eight genes. Yet those few genes are telling researchers a complex story about where this newly infamous ...

According to the World Health Organization, seasonal influenza viruses spread throughout the world in a year or two, infecting 10 to 25 percent of the world’s population and causing some 290,000 to ...

New research reveals that avian influenza, which typically is asymptomatic, can be detected based on odor changes in infected birds. The results suggest a rapid and simple detection method to help ...