How did viruses evolve? Are they a streamlined form of something that existed long ago, or an ultimate culmination of smaller genetic elements joined together? Aa Aa Aa The evolutionary history of ...

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

The history of influenza vaccine and the associated technology shows how the vaccine has evolved to match the evolution of influenza viruses. Box 1. Current nomenclature for influenza viruses (WHO ...

For scientists working in China, 15,000-year-old glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau provided a glimpse into the not-so-distant history of viruses, including some entirely new viruses that were ...

One way of thinking that's persisted down the years is that, when it comes to viruses, Macs are safer than Windows PCs. In ...

Scientists studying the history of viruses may be able to identify which strains have the potential to cause the next global pandemic. A study into virus family history has identified 70 virus ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu.

The California duck farm's strain of H5N9 is different from those earlier cases because this time it is closely related to a ...

Recent history makes clear that microbiological disasters can strike anytime. But a longer history should remind us of the ...

It became obvious that it was necessary to modify regularly the composition of the vaccine, and that it was necessary to use vaccine strains selected according to any emerging new virus.