Genetic sequences of H5N1 bird flu viruses collected from a person in Louisiana who became severely ill show signs of development of several mutations thought to affect the virus’ ability to ...
That’s what makes flu a life-long threat to humans and the animal species — mainly birds — that are vulnerable to it. Since 2020, a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza called H5N1 ...
A patient who'd been hospitalized in Louisiana with severe illness from H5N1 bird flu has died — the first human death from this type of avian influenza in the U.S., the Louisiana Department of ...
The US just recorded the first death from severe bird flu. Experts say it's not too early, or unreasonable, to prepare for the worst. For decades successive waves of bird flu infections have ...
Caitlyn Perry receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), more correctly called the vinegar fly, is a frequent visitor to ripe fruit in ...
A 13-year-old girl in Canada became so sick with H5N1, or bird flu, in late 2024 that she had to be put on a ventilator. Around the same time, a senior in Louisiana was diagnosed with the first ...
When a virus is going to war on your body, a “flu bomb” might be the answer to blasting it out. So says Australian alternative health care advocate Barbara O’Neill, whose recipe has gone ...
Colds and flu share many of the same symptoms, including cough, sore throat, and fatigue. Even the stages of flu recovery are similar to the stages of recovery for the common cold. At times, testing ...
As your body begins detoxing, you might experience what some call "smoker's flu" or "quitter's flu." Smoker's flu is a set of nicotine withdrawal symptoms that can feel similar to the flu.