In early December 2024, a group of researchers published an article in the journal Science, entitled “A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors”.

Researchers are not just worried about the virus popping up on American farms. Other types are causing trouble around the ...

Cow udders may provide a hotspot for bird flu and human flu viruses to mingle. The prospect of an outbreak of avian influenza among dairy cattle triggering a pandemic in humans is one step closer than ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Researchers believe they discovered a new type of life form living in the human body that were previously misidentified as viruses. According to a new study from bioRxiv that has ...

Influenza A, B, C Or D? Flu spreads easily in winter due to crowded indoor spaces, low humidity, and reduced immunity.

Scientists have discovered that H5N1, the strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus currently spreading in U.S. dairy cows, only needs a single mutation to readily latch on to human cells ...

Diabetes is a lifelong condition that occurs when the body fails to produce enough insulin, but the cause varies between different types of diabetes. Type one diabetes is an autoimmune disease where ...

The avian flu virus isolated from a hospitalized teenager in Vancouver has mutations in key areas that could help the virus spread more easily in humans, scientists say. There is no indication that ...