Masaio Ishizuka, a senior epidemiologist at the Sao Paulo University, said evidence suggests migratory birds have now ...

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Puerto Rico health officials on Thursday declared an influenza epidemic in the U.S. territory. At least 25,900 cases have been reported since July, with 42 deaths and more than 900 ...

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Interactions between flu subtypes predict epidemic severity more than virus evolution Date: February 13, 2024 Source: eLife Summary: Researchers have shed new light on how viral evolution ...

The flu hit Camp Dodge on Oct. 1, 1918. By the time the epidemic was over, more than 700 soldiers had died.

US dodged a bird flu pandemic in 1957 thanks to eggs and luck. ... As a historian of medicine, I have always been fascinated by the key moments that halt an epidemic.

A sharp epidemic of influenza occurred in early October, 1957, at Great Lakes, Illinois. Although the vaccine evaluations were initiated on July 1, only the men entering the study between August ...

Flu season usually ramps up in winter in the U.S. But this year, health officials said the country “crossed the epidemic threshold” for the flu in early November.

While many may believe the days of pandemics are behind us, a new bird flu epidemic could threaten that assumption, leading to more economic turbulence.. Why It Matters. Americans received three ...

Brazil's vast and diverse geography, with the Amazon to the north, mountain ranges along the Atlantic coast and the Andes to ...