Background The UK Department of Health recommends annual influenza vaccination for healthcare workers, but uptake remains low. For staff, there is uncertainty about the rationale for vaccination and ...

Mortality and economic contraction during the 1918-1920 Great Influenza Pandemic provide plausible upper bounds for outcomes under the coronavirus (COVID-19). Data for 48 countries imply flu-related ...

The emergence of the extremely aggressive avian H5N1 influenza virus, in particular in Asia, has made the likelihood of a human influenza pandemic and the possible socio-economic impact a major ...

Influenza, and not Covid-19, likely claims more lives each year in India and globally despite the latter dominating headlines, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, former chief scientist at the World Health ...

Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Influenza A virus envelop protein hemagglutinin (HA) plays important roles in viral entry. We previously have ...

The drug could leave Britons vulnerable to Covid GETTY The findings raise concerns about a potentially serious hidden risk for millions of patients worldwide taking these medications. The study found ...

Influenza vaccination conferred sufficient protection among adult and pediatric patients during the 2023-2024 influenza season, including against severe outcomes. Influenza vaccination was found to be ...

Over the past three years, bird flu — caused by the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus — has extended its reach around the U.S. and across many species. The virus arrived in wild birds, but it has now ...

Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza more than doubled in mammals in 2024 from the year before, according to the World Organization for Animal Health. The State of the World’s Animal Health ...

Three influenza A (H5N1/bird flu) virus particles (rod-shaped). Note: Layout incorporates two CDC transmission electron micrographs that have been inverted, repositioned, and colorized by NIAID.

Objective To review the effects of school closures on pandemic and seasonal influenza outbreaks. Design Systematic review. Data sources MEDLINE and EMBASE, reference lists of identified articles, hand ...