Korea is grappling with a seasonal surge in type B influenza, with infection rates rising sharply among school-aged children ...

The flu has long been a threat to public health. The first recorded influenza pandemic occurred in 1518, but references to illnesses possibly caused by influenza stretch back as as early as 412 B ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains tend to infect birds. But the potential for influenza A viruses that ...

Nearly 400 Washingtonians have died from influenza since October, making the past year the state’s deadliest flu season in over ... infectious than influenza B viruses. The H3N2 strain ...

Next-Generation Influenza B Vaccines Provide Broad and Long-Lasting Protection Against Flu Viruses in Preclinical Tests Oct. 31, 2023 — Recent preclinical results indicate novel next-generation ...

Over 400 ostriches at Universal Ostrich were ordered culled over avian influenza fears. B.C. is the province that has been most affected by highly pathogenic avian flu. (Brady Strachan/CBC ...

The characteristics of influenza virus B strains are slightly different from those of influenza A strains. It was generally believed, a few decades ago, that diseases arising from influenza B ...

Flu season is upon us; according to experts, it is early, and you should get vaccinated now. National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis head ...

That is why ferrets are used in influenza research in the lab. Pigs are a genetic mixing vessel because they have both bird and human receptors, so flu viruses can mutate in a pig to cause a human ...