A virus that infects almost all children by the age of two is behind a spike in hospital admissions among under-fives, the latest figures show. The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season has now ...
Humans can get H5N5 through close, unprotected contact with infected birds or contaminated environments. A US man has become the first person infected with the H5N5 strain of bird flu, health ...
The United States may be heading into its second severe flu season in a row, driven by a mutated strain called subclade K that’s behind early surges in the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan. Now, with ...
On Jan. 10, Chinese scientists uploaded the genetic sequence of a novel coronavirus, later named SARS-CoV-2, to an open-access website, GenBank. The virus had been linked to a growing number of ...
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned that the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) season has started, with the virus being a common cause of coughs and colds. While RSV infections typically ...
The flu-like virus that exploded from China has researchers worldwide once again scrambling to find a vaccine against a surprise health threat, with no guarantee one will arrive in time. Meanwhile, a ...
Medical professionals are urging the public to safeguard themselves and their loved ones against a new variant of influenza. Figures relating to the H3N2 variant from Australia reveal the country has ...