A patient who'd been hospitalized in Louisiana with severe illness from H5N1 bird flu has died — the first human death from this type of avian influenza in the U.S., the Louisiana Department of ...

influenza A (the flu), COVID-19, norovirus (the stomach flu) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), acute respiratory illnesses ...

HMPV is a respiratory virus classified into two main genetic groups: A and B, each with subgroups A1, A2, B1, and B2. These strains exhibit genetic diversity but share similarities in causing ...

In 1940, a second strain of influenza virus was isolated; this was named influenza B and the first strain was named influenza A. During the Second World War, the first inactivated vaccine was ...

Dec. 13, 2024 — Influenza or flu virus remains infectious in refrigerated raw milk for up to five days, according to a new study. The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a ...

During respiratory virus season, HMPV, RSV and influenza can circulate simultaneously. HMPV cases in the U.S. According to the CDC, based on data from the National Respiratory and Enteric Virus ...

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 ...

It’s a common respiratory virus that Dutch scientists first detected in 2001, though it was likely circulating in people long before then. Most children are infected by HMPV at least once by the ...

mostly influenza (flu). The percentage of positive tests as of Dec. 28, 2024, was 7.1% for COVID-19, 18.7% for flu and 12.8% for RSV. Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is a common respiratory ...

The latest update from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control says influenza and RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, activity had increased in the last week of 2024. The update says COVID activity w ...

"Sure, you can get serious disease from HMPV itself, but if you get HMPV plus pneumococcus or HMPV plus influenza or RSV, it could be much worse," Chim-Hong said. "During respiratory virus season ...

A statement from B.C.’s Health Ministry says ... from the BC Centre for Disease Control says influenza and RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, activity had increased in the last week of 2024.