The variant circulating in America appears to be less lethal and could be triggering different responses from the immune ...

Seasonal influenza vaccines triggered protective immune responses against the H5N1 avian influenza virus primarily in younger ...

In early December 2024, a group of researchers published an article in the journal Science, entitled "A single mutation in ...

Researchers have identified nine mutations in a bird flu strain from a person in Texas. Bad news: this strain is more capable of causing disease and replicates better in the brain. Good news: approved ...

H5N1 remains a major threat to poultry and wild bird populations, leading to large-scale culling of domestic fowl in many ...

Study reveals that contemporary HPAI H5N1 viruses show reduced replication and immune activation in human lung organoids, ...

Researchers are comparing the genetic features of the B.C. patient's avian flu strain with that of a Louisiana patient who ...

With cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) continuing to rise among cattle and humans in the US, scientists and government health ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that 15 more states have enrolled in a national H5N1 milk testing program, ...

More than 100 chickens, geese, ducks and other birds at Hess-Hathaway Park in Waterford have been culled after some tested ...

Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious ...

It will take an exact combination of virus mutations and reassortments for that to happen, but it could, CIDRAP director says ...