Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in humans – including those...
A new test that ‘fishes’ for multiple respiratory viruses at once using single strands of DNA as ‘bait’, and gives highly accurate results in under...
̽»¨Ö±²¥wide diversity of flu in pigs across multiple continents, mostly introduced from humans, highlights the significant potential of new swine flu...
̽»¨Ö±²¥global movement patterns of all four seasonal influenza viruses are illustrated in research published today in the journal Nature , providing a...
As well as telling us more about earlier societies, the study of diseases in the past is proving an invaluable tool for modern science, as a new book...
An international team of researchers has shown that it may be possible to improve the effectiveness of the seasonal flu vaccine by ‘pre-empting’ the...