One of the most surprising discoveries was the flexibility of the virus’s genetic packaging ... weakening viral RNA, and inhibiting replication of the influenza virus, whose epidemics affect ...

Periodically, the yearly flu transforms into a particularly virulent strain, like the Spanish flu that killed millions of people in 1918. How do these pandemic strains arise? Aa Aa Aa Although ...

Experts worry that a bird flu outbreak among dairy cattle could lead to a pandemic in the human population. Now, there's some research behind that. A study finds that the flu can remain infectious in ...