A specific type of lung cell withstands flu infection by doubling down on DNA repair.

Executives at a biotech that develops new antibodies argue that Ram Sasisekharan didn’t come up with the structures for at least two experimental therapies that his group has described.

Mice exposed to heat wave temperatures ate less and showed weakened immune responses to the virus.

Numerous experimental vaccines that aim to provide multi-season protection are in human studies.

Despite the treatment being given for only six weeks, the positive effects lasted for a year.

Vaccination reduced the risk of death by two-thirds for children with no other health problems.  

They may be a prospective source for an influenza pandemic, researchers warn.  

The antimicrobial drug neomycin protects mice from some viral infections, complicating the picture of the relationship between antibiotics and susceptibility to viruses.

One dose of the medication, called Xofluza, cripples influenza by interfering with an enzyme critical for viral replication.