Influenza Research at NIAID
Each year in the United States, influenza kills more than 36,000 people and hospitalizes 200,000 others. Worldwide, annual epidemics cause about 250,000 to 500,000 deaths. These viruses change quickly, creating new strains that require new vaccines each year and threaten the emergence of a pandemic form.
The NIAID influenza research program is as diverse as the viruses it targets. Scientists in NIAID labs, universities and medical research institutions around the world are working together to find better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat influenza.
For the latest in influenza research, such as the 1918 pandemic findings that offer lessons for preparing for tomorrow's pandemics, what fruit fly genetics tell us about how flu viruses multiply, and an innovative technique that may help scientists in the field diagnose avian influenza quickly and accurately, see Recent Scientific Findings.
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