Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine are exploring ways to improve the influenza vaccine through targeting epitopes, which are distinct regions on the influenza virus's ...

In February 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) tried to predict which strains of influenza were going to pose the biggest threat in that year’s Northern Hemisphere flu season. It failed. On the ...

The prospect of an outbreak of avian influenza among dairy cattle triggering a pandemic in humans is one step closer than scientists thought. New research shows that cow udder cells can be infected ...

The 2025-2026 flu season is surging in the U.S. and New Jersey, where there's been increased severity of influenza A, with further testing from the CDC showing many NJ residents have the emerging ...

The virus circulating this year is more virulent and has been spreading faster and earlier than usual. By Apoorva Mandavilli The United States may be headed for a rough flu season, with a virus that ...