The 2017-2018 North American influenza season caused more hospitalizations and deaths than any year since the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. The majority of recorded influenza infections were caused by A(H3N2) ...

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The antiviral baloxavir significantly reduced household transmission of influenza compared with placebo. The drug showed consistent effects across age groups, virus types, and countries ...

The first influenza vaccine was a monovalent live ... Technical advances have made it possible to produce reassortant strains between wild-type viruses (for their antigenic properties) and culture ...

Colds and flu share many of the same symptoms, including cough, sore throat, and fatigue. Even the stages of flu recovery are similar to the stages of recovery for the common cold. At times, testing ...

The authors are grateful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-CCMB), India, for encouragement and support for this work. NIH Awards (R37DA025576; R01MH085259) also support SK ...

Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...