Over the past 60 years, the influenza virus has continued to drift and shift. In 1968, a shift once again caused a pandemic.

By 1957, scientists had a significantly more sophisticated understanding of influenza, worrying them that a pandemic similar ...

With the devastating 1918 pandemic in mind, US health officials saw an outbreak in Asia and swung into action. What happened ...

Global concern over the spread of Bird flu (H5N1) is growing rapidly, with the World Health Organization (WHO) actively preparing for the ‘containment and mitigation of pandemic H5N1 influenza’, and ...

The recent outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in the U.S. and the ... it could result in human-to-human transmission and a new pandemic. Farmers are also concerned about the potential ...

and only influenza A has been known to cause pandemics — including the 1918 flu pandemic. Unlike type A, influenza B only infects humans, he explains, “so it changes more slowly and it tends ...

H5N1 bird flu poses a potential threat, potentially leading to an airborne pandemic. Increased cases in the US have led to vaccine development efforts. Experts warn that ignoring this issue ...

If the bird flu gains the ability to spread from person to person, it could produce the next pandemic ... viruses spread for over a century. In 1918, a strain of influenza called H1N1 swept ...