The flu virus currently circulating in birds and dairy cows is already better at infecting people than earlier variants, and ...
The recent appearance of the H5N1 bird flu in pigs does raise viral reassortment concerns. Here's what we know about this ...
A single mutation in the virus currently infecting poultry and dairy farms across the U.S. could help the it spread among humans.
Dozens of people in the United States have caught bird flu from animals this year, but there's no evidence that the viral ...
LOS ANGELES — Health officials in Marin County are investigating a possible H5N1 bird flu case in a child. Officials have ...
A recent study suggests that a single mutation in the H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza could enable the virus ...
H5 bird flu, a type of avian influenza, has infected dozens of people in the U.S., and spread to seven states and Canada this ...
H5N1 bird flu is spreading among animals and humans, raising concerns about mutation risks. While human cases are mild, ...
We might be fine. Viruses don’t always manage to adapt to new species, despite all the opportunities. But if there is a bird ...
The developing avian influenza panzootic and the growing possibility of a pandemic bring to the fore the existential ...
Avian influenza viruses typically require several mutations to adapt and spread among humans, but what happens when just one change can increase the risk of becoming a pandemic virus? A recent study ...
A bonus round of talks striving to finish a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics was set to close Friday ...