At least 11 children in the U.S. have died from influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy since October 2023, a ...

Children may be more likely to survive a rare, potentially fatal influenza complication if they receive rapid treatment for ...

The new mice study builds on previous studies that found COVID-19 doubled patients' risk of dying from cancer.

Influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy can cause brain swelling and an extreme immune response.

Mice with a handful of cancerous cells in their lungs experienced a 100-fold increase to this number after being infected ...

Sometimes, cancer cells that have spread become ‘dormant’ but can start proliferating again later. A cue that can reactivate ...

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed off on the recommendation from an expert panel that recommended removing the mercury-based preservative from all influenza ...

Pediatric and adult patients experienced noninferior and robust immune responses to RIV4, as well as similar safety profiles.

Stephanie and Ian Campbell were "naive" about the impacts of Influenza B until their daughter was fighting for her life. They ...

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

Avian influenza is a contagious viral infection that mainly affects birds. On occasion, avian influenza can infect humans and other mammals.   Avian influenza (AI) A (H5N1) is an influenza virus that ...

All influenza viruses bear two surface glycoproteins, a hemagglutinin and a neuraminidase, which are the antigens that define the particular strain of influenza.