The number of influenza cases is surging across the United States, putting significant strain on many hospitals. We asked the ...

Scientists have identified a novel influenza A virus (H18N12) in fishing bats in the Colombian Caribbean, revealing genetic ...

A new study says the flu A viral strain can adapt shape to stay infectious. Infectious disease doctors break down what this ...

A model is proposed to estimate the nuclear export rate of mRNAs produced in a transcription burst, using the spatial distribution of mRNAs determined by single-molecule RNA imaging.

Researchers provided genetic and meteorological evidence suggesting that windborne transmission of HPAI H5N1 over 8 km is ...

Bits of viral genes incorporated into human DNA have been linked to cancer, ALS and schizophrenia. But many of these genes may not be harmful, and could even protect against infectious disease.

Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick ...

Genome B.C. is funding the two projects, led by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control in partnership with the province and the ...

The CSIC-UNESPA scientific expedition has been underway since last January with the aim of monitoring the presence of the ...

Amidst growing fears of human-to-human transmission, “bird flu” is no longer just a grocery store problem — it’s exposing ...

“With a change in genome ... found that influenza A viral particles can actually adapt their shape to remain infectious and stick around longer, ultimately driving up flu cases.