Individuals with a history of cancer may benefit from taking precautions against respiratory viruses, such as vaccination, ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC), ...

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

H5N1 avian influenza virus was first found infecting cattle in 2024, though its risk of adapting to infect and spread through ...

The H5N1 bird flu virus has historically extracted a heavy toll when it infects humans, with nearly half of confirmed cases ...

Researchers uncover first direct evidence that respiratory infections can awaken dormant breast cancer cells, setting the stage for new metastatic ...

Avian influenza virus from the ongoing outbreak in dairy cattle appears to be keeping its bird-infecting features rather than ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

Zoonoses—diseases that spread from animals to humans—began to gain prevalence some 6,500 years ago with the rise of animal ...

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally caused isolated human cases that have quite often been fatal. The absolute ...

By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.