As a bird flu outbreak escalates across the United States., the Trump administration has paused the release of key public ...
A new strain of H5N9 bird flu was detected at a commercial duck operation in California's Merced County. All the ducks were ...
The team found that animals that had the virus inoculated directly into their lungs became severely ill, whereas animals that ...
Scientists are concerned that bird flu may eventually mutate so that it can readily spread among people – something it cannot ...
No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — 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.
Recent history makes clear that microbiological disasters can strike anytime. But a longer history should remind us of the ...
epithelial cells (blue). (CDC/NIAID via AP, File) ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time since the 2022 countrywide outbreak, ...