How an accidental virus release triggered 1977’s ‘Russian flu.' ...

Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on Feb. 5, 1976. On that ...

Much to Palese's surprise, when they compared the spot pattern of the 1977 H1N1 Russian flu with a variety of other influenza ...

The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.

So, the 1977 Russian flu virus was actually a strain that had disappeared from the planet a quarter century early, then was somehow resurrected back into circulation. This explained why it attacked ...

The number of human cases of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. this year has risen to 14, with the latest one marking the first ...

An extensive look at wastewater samples taken across the United States from May to July found traces of the H5N1 bird flu ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was not a surprise event striking the world like ... the 1957-1958 Asian flu pandemic (H2N2: one to ...

More Norwegians called in sick from work in the second quarter than at any other time in the past 15 years in what may pose a ...

China reports 27 more deaths from influenza A/H1N1; Over 86,000 inoculated against A/H1N1 flu in Macao; Doctor warns of higher mortality risk from steroid therapy; H1N1 flu cases ...

The early arrival of H1N1 influenza, commonly known as swine flu, has caught the medical fraternity of Ludhiana off-guard.

The father of the Turkish-American activist killed by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank has welcomed Turkey’s ...