Influenza is high across the country, and Indiana is among the states affected. Here's what we know about how long flu lasts, ...

If you are wondering what the different letters and numbers used to name influenza viruses mean, such as H1N1, H3N2, H5N1 and influenza A, B, C or D, you are probably not alone. The letters and ...

A type of herpesvirus, the pathogen spreads via body fluids (such as breast milk, saliva, blood, and semen) but only when the virus is active. In one unlucky group, the study showed, the virus may ...

Over 160,000 people this season have landed in the hospital from flu complications, CDC estimates. More than 6,600 have died.

Thus, a type A virus isolated in 1995 in Memphis Tennessee with a strain number of 123 and an H5N1 subtype is designated: Influenza virus was first isolated 80 years ago in 1933. The first ...

In its original form, the virus survives in just two countries. But a type linked to an oral vaccine used in other nations ...

One of the ways that it spreads is through a common (and gross) symptom: projectile vomiting, which is one sure-fire way for ...

Adults and older children undergoing reinfection probably constitute an important source of infection for susceptible infants. For this reason it would be desirable to develop immunoprophylactic ...