In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately.

The idea is biologically plausible and historically grounded — and it reframes how we think about the origin of pandemics.

The 1918 Spanish Flu, 1957 Asian Flu and 1968 Hong Kong Flu pandemics also resulted from cross-species transmission to humans. “If we can prevent influenza in swine, we can also prevent zoonotic jumps ...

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Hence it became known as “Spanish flu.” By June influenza reached from Algeria to New Zealand. Still, a 1927 study concluded, “In many parts of the world the first wave either was so faint ...

Apr. 17, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as ...

The 2009 influenza pandemic A(H1N1)pdm09 of swine origin and the continued circulation of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 strain in humans are stark reminders of the unpredictable nature of the ...

A Federal Court judge has denied a bid to prevent the Canadian Food Inspection Agency from culling 400 ostriches on a B.C. farm that was hit by an avian flu outbreak. The court on Tuesday rejected ...

We are now in year four of a catastrophic global animal disease outbreak that has wiped out more than 130 million egg-laying hens in the U.S. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu ...