H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...

Preventing a pandemic means early detection of bird flu strains — surveillance of viral spread and influenza infections in ...

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able ...

Fears the world is heading towards another pandemic are growing, as new data shows the spread of the deadly bird flu virus ...

A single dose of the antiviral baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) led to a lower incidence of influenza virus transmission to ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

A recent study has revealed that a single genetic change in a strain of the highly pathogenic H5 influenza virus could ...

Flu Virus Remains Infectious in Refrigerated Raw ... but Does Not Appear to Be Circulating in Nature Anymore Oct. 28, 2024 — A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in a Texas dairy worker ...

While most people recover from the flu within days, this fast-mutating virus can lead to serious illness—especially for the elderly, pregnant women, young children, and those with chronic ...