A pair of lungs preserved over a century ago from a deceased Spanish flu patient has helped unravel the genetic adaptations undergone by the virus to spread across Europe during the start of the 1918 ...

Scientists in Switzerland have cracked open a century-old viral mystery by decoding the genome of the 1918 influenza virus from a preserved Zurich patient. This ancient RNA revealed that the virus had ...

A fast-spreading flu strain in the UK is leaving more people vomiting bile, according to health experts. “Superflu” is not a recognised medical term. It is a media phrase used to describe a ...