Single mutation in H5N1 bird flu virus may make it more infectious to humans, study finds
Study published in Science says a single hemagglutinin mutation, similar to one seen in a Canadian case, could make H5N1 better suited to infect people.
Emerging H5N1 mutations raise risk of human infections
Global outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza virus raises concerns about human transmission and pandemic potential, requiring increased surveillance and interventions.
Bird flu virus found in raw milk. Could H5N1 cause a pandemic and lockdown like COVID?
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 year.As concern grows over whether it could lead to another pandemic or lockdown,
Single bird flu mutation could let it latch easily to human cells, study finds
The potential mutation would allow the avian influenza virus sweeping through dairy herds to attach to a receptor protein on the surface of our cells.
Bird flu in North America worries epidemiologists: Three people infected by the H5N1 virus
A teenager in Canada and a child in California have fallen ill without knowing how, after a first person in Missouri. Epidemiologists fear a low-level circulation of the virus that is causing an epizootic among dairy cows in the US.
Cause of B.C. teen's H5N1 avian flu infection still unknown, health officials say
B.C. health officials say they still don't know how a teenager became infected with the H5N1 strain of avian flu, but say no further cases have been identified.Earlier this month, health officials announced they were investigating what was believed to be the first human case of H5N1 avian influenza caught in Canada.
Possible H5N1 bird flu case in Marin County child; source of infection unknown
Health officials in Marin County are investigating a possible H5N1 bird flu case in a child. Officials have been investigating since last week and are working with the California Department of Public Health an the Centers for Disease Control to determine how the child was exposed.
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Case of bird flu infection in British Columbia is still a mystery, for now
Health officials in British Columbia, Canada, have failed, for now, to confirm how a teenager there became infected with H5N1 ...
Youth H5N1 diagnosis: Anti-whistleblower "ag-gag" laws help global pandemics grow and spread
A teen in British Columbia recently became critically ill after becoming infected with H5N1. H5N1 is a highly pathogenic ...
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Canadian probe into teen's critical H5N1 infection finds no clear source
As a Canadian teen remains in critical care with an H5N1 avian flu infection in a British Columbia hospital, health ...
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WOAH: Canada has second flock hit by H5N2 avian flu
Both flocks affected by this strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza were in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
H5N1 Bird Flu Concerns Grow. Are COVID-19 Mistakes Being Repeated?
The recent appearance of the H5N1 bird flu in pigs does raise viral reassortment concerns. Here's what we know about this ...