How can we monitor the cross-species transmission of avian flu? The answer is FluWarning, a digital system that reports ...

Pigs could play a key role in ending the flu as we know it. That’s the message behind new research testing a computer-designed vaccine that protects swine from flu—and may one day do the same ...

In 1918, a flu pandemic caused by a strain of H1N1 infected 500 million people worldwide. It was known as the Spanish flu, and at least 50 million people died.

A variety of animals suffer from their own strains of seasonal influenza. Oct. 9, 2008 — -- As flu season begins and doctors promote flu shots and await patients coming in with the familiar ...

The flu sickens millions of people in the U.S. every year, and the past year has been particularly tough. Although infections are trending downward, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Bird flu has ripped through the animal kingdom for the past few years now, killing countless birds and crossing into an alarming number of mammals. Yet people remain largely untouched. Even though ...