Colorized transmission electron micrograph of influenza A/H3N2 virus particles, isolated from a patient sample and then propagated in cell culture. Influenza A virus particles adapt shape—as ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus has infected birds and mammals around the world. As of June 2025, 70 people have been infected ...

Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of H1N1 influenza (flu) virus particles (pink) budding from lung cells. H1N1 is a subtype of the influenza A virus, ...

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of influenza A/H1N1 virus particles. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes for Health (NIH) today announced ...

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of influenza A/H1N1 virus particles (blue). Influenza A/H1N1 can infect both humans and animals, including birds and pigs, and is one of several strains ...

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape—to become either spheres or larger filaments—to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions, according ...

Two types of influenza viruses are responsible for seasonal flu outbreaks: Influenza A and B. Influenza A accounts for around 75 percent of all cases and tends to cause more severe illness in adults.

There are only two cases on record reported in the U.S., according to the CDC. Bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus, was first detected in 1996 among birds in China ...

The ongoing spread of bird flu in the United States has alarmed experts — not just because of human cases causing severe illness, but also due to troubling new instances of infections in cats.

Health care officials prepare as RSV, influenza cases increase in Minnesota This 1981 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows an electron micrograph of Respiratory ...

Influenza A is believed to be the most severe type of flu virus for humans, although this is the subject of debate, as there is some evidence to suggest that influenza B might be equally as dangerous.

Of the 2,596 children included in the study, 2.9% with RSV were admitted to the ICU compared with 0.9% for influenza and 0.7% for omicron. Mortality within 30 days after admission was also low.