As for the clinical presentation, most kids had fever (93%) and seizures (68%). They also had elevated liver enzymes (78%), ...

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy is deadly in more than a quarter of kids diagnosed with the inflammatory brain disease.

A groundbreaking study by researchers from the Universities of Basel and Zurich has unlocked one of the most significant ...

Adjuvanted and high-dose quadrivalent influenza vaccines provide similar protection against test-confirmed influenza among US adults aged 65 years or older.

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

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 ...

A heartbroken mum is urging SA families to take the flu seriously after her partner with a pre-existing condition died ...

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

My laboratory, along with others around the world, is working to understand how and why new influenza viruses may grip us again. To do so, we need to go far beyond human hospitals and into the ...

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 ...