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

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

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 ...

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