A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

The findings were striking. When fungal spore levels increased , cases of flu and COVID-19 rose shortly after. The connection ...

Researchers found that among 53,402 Cleveland Clinic employees in northern Ohio, getting the influenza vaccine was associated with a 27% increase in flu infections.

Though the flu spike may sound worrisome, Swartzberg said some years are always worse than others. Still, he said people should still be careful since influenza is a serious disease.

Additional Source New England Journal of Medicine Source Reference: Garg S, et al "Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infections in humans" N Engl J Med 2024; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2414610.

Reflex testing of the specimen with the Xpert Xpress CoV-2/Flu/RSV plus assay (Cepheid) revealed an influenza A cycle threshold (Ct) value of 27.1.

An effective alternative is a live-attenuated vaccine, which uses a modified flu virus that has been weakened so it cannot cause disease. Live-attenuated influenza vaccines can be administered through ...

Influenza viruses are classified into four types (A, B, C, and D viruses) in which influenza A virus (IAV) can cause seasonal epidemics, pandemics, and sporadic avian influenza virus infections in ...

Burrough ER, Magstadt DR, Petersen B, et al. Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b virus infection in domestic dairy cattle and cats, United States, 2024.

On the other hand, COVID antivirals work by inhibiting other parts of the viral life cycle involved in the virus replicating itself. Three influenza antivirals are used in Australia.

Flu epidemics are caused by influenza A or B viruses, resulting in acute respiratory infections and killing about half a million people worldwide each year, while also affecting a variety of other ...

Influenza A virus exploits transferrin receptor recycling to enter host cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023; 120 (21) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2214936120 ...