A team of Chinese researchers looked at influenza viruses found in pigs from 2011 to 2018 and found a “G4” strain of H1N1 that has “all the essential hallmarks of a candidate pandemic virus ...

While the flu is an old foe, HMPV emerges as a new potential ... reminiscent of the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Experts have urged Chinese authorities to provide more information about ...

A deadly Chinese flu is sweeping the country with children seeming to be at particular risk. Eight children - aged between 18 months and 16 years - are feared to have died from the Fujian strain ...

Outbreaks of a potentially deadly Chinese flu have almost doubled among children in less than a week. Parts of the North and central England are the worst affected by the virus, which starts with ...

Chinese scientists have confirmed for the first time that a new strain of bird flu that has killed 23 people in China has been transmitted to humans from chickens. In a study published online in ...

With increasing global fear regarding the spread of the deadly bird flu, official reports from China has reported that a 10-year-old Chinese girl is the latest victim to be infected with the disease.

HKU Professor Ivan Hung says coming flu season may peak twice, with first surge driven by influenza A subtype H3 and second caused by H1. Professor Ivan Hung of University of Hong Kong says ...