influenza, Tag

Why do most viral epidemics spread cyclically in autumn and winter in the globe's temperate regions? According to an interdisciplinary team of researchers of the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics, the University...

By Chris Gillham As one of the audit team for Jo Nova’s blog, I have been looking at the question of whether lockdowns work and their potential suppression of communicable diseases other than COVID-19...

There were 7,000 confirmed cases of the flu in the United States by the end of November - double the amount from the same time the prior year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

There were 7,000 confirmed cases of the flu in the United States by the end of November - double the amount from the same time the prior year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

You probably haven't thought about the bird flu in a couple of years, unless you're a virologist, but a new strain that resurfaced in China has the potential to be pandemic...

Image © Shutterstock One of the major challenges in fighting influenza worldwide is how rapidly the virus evolves -- new strains of the disease emerge every year, rendering older vaccines ineffective...

Image © Shutterstock One of the major challenges in fighting influenza worldwide is how rapidly the virus evolves -- new strains of the disease emerge every year, rendering older vaccines ineffective...

While viruses like H1N1 scare the living bejesus out of us, they’ve also been spurring science to look for new ways to produce vaccines quickly. Last year, H1N1 was responsible for more than 12,200 deaths, and the first...