No quarantine or movement restrictions will be put in place because Japanese encephalitis virus is considered established in ...

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, according to a ...

While COVID-19 is finally easing this winter, the flu is still raging across California. Following a nationwide trend, the state’s flu season is turning out to be one of the most intense in recent ...

The trial will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a next-generation vaccine administered through a nasal spray or ...

A nasal vaccine for COVID-19 – based on technology developed at Washington University in St. Louis – is poised to enter a phase 1 clinical trial in the U.S. after an investigational new drug ...

RSV is usually contagious for three to eight days. A patient also may be contagious a day or two before experiencing symptoms ...

In North Carolina, the most recent case of High Path Avian Influenza ... with bird flu has been reported so far. An NC Department of Labor webpage explains that infection with avian flu can ...

The C.D.C. estimates that there have been at least 12 million flu infections so far this season ... Tamiflu works against both influenza A and influenza B viruses. The drug, which can be taken ...

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