H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...

Scientists have decoded the Swiss genome of the 1918 flu virus from a century-old specimen, revealing early adaptations for human infection. Scientists from the Universities of Basel and Zurich have s ...

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode ...

Scientists in Switzerland have cracked open a century-old viral mystery by decoding the genome of the 1918 influenza virus.

Scientists have successfully decoded the genome of the 1918 influenza virus from a preserved Swiss patient sample. The research reveals that the virus already possessed key adaptations for human hosts ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another question ...

Scientists in Switzerland have cracked open a century-old viral mystery by decoding the genome of the 1918 influenza virus ...

A new paper from a team of Cornell University researchers shows that the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus causes ...

He explained that avian flu is most prevalent during the colder months of the year when birds congregate together. "Taking your feeder down, it's not going to reduce the amount of virus on the ...

Until recently, highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype A(H5N1) viruses sequenced in North America descended from viruses of Eurasian origin, wrote Anthony V. Signore, of the National Centre for ...