Waterfowl birds and their predators are especially at risk of contracting H5N1. Massachusetts has not yet reported a human ...

An electron microscope image of the CDC’s recreated 1918 Influenza virus, seen here, 18 hours after infection. Courtesy: CDC/Dr. Terrence Tumpey Despite recent advances in microbiology ...

Bird flu is now believed to be widespread in Massachusetts and is likely present even in places where there has not been a ...

The 1918 influenza pandemic killed 20 50 million people worldwide, including many healthy young adults. A team from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) extracted viral RNA from autopsy ...