The flu virus currently circulating in birds and dairy cows is already better at infecting people than earlier variants, and ...
A single modification in the protein found on the surface of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 influenza virus currently circulating in U.S. dairy cows could allow for easier ...
A single mutation in the virus currently infecting poultry and dairy farms across the U.S. could help the it spread among humans.
The switch to human receptors is a major factor that could give an animal virus the potential to spark a human pandemic, the ...
The recent appearance of the H5N1 bird flu in pigs does raise viral reassortment concerns. Here's what we know about this ...
Single Mutation in H5N1 Influenza Surface Protein Could Enable Easier Human Infection - NIH Study Finds Risk Remains Low ...
The developing avian influenza panzootic and the growing possibility of a pandemic bring to the fore the existential ...
The Scripps Research Institute finding counters prevailing thought that the virus would require multiple mutations before it ...
Health officials in Marin County are investigating a possible H5N1 bird flu case in a child. Officials have been ...
THE UK Government has struck a deal to buy up more than five million bird flu vaccines amid fears the H5N1 virus could spark ...
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 ...
We might be fine. Viruses don’t always manage to adapt to new species, despite all the opportunities. But if there is a bird ...