As cases of seasonal influenza surge, health officials are closely monitoring a growing threat—the potential fusion of human and bird flu strains.

Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the ...

We want to explain what truly matters and how to think about it There’s more to bird flu than expensive eggs. You may have noticed egg prices going up, and even eggs being scarce. Bird flu is to blame ...

A pair of beloved peregrine falcons that have made the top of U.C. Berkeley’s iconic Campanile bell tower their home hasn’t been seen since early January — and experts fear the spread of H5N1 bird flu ...

The United States faces an extraordinary flu season as research uncovers unprecedented adaptations in the influenza A virus ... observed ability to modify its structure in response to ...

Mar. 3, 2025 — As highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread in the U.S., posing serious threats to dairy and poultry farms, both farmers and public health experts need better ...

Scientists have identified a novel influenza A virus (H18N12) in fishing bats in the Colombian Caribbean, revealing genetic ...

Bird flu is to blame, but it doesn’t just affect ... reassortment and mutations — basically for changes to the virus’s structure that could alter its characteristics. Those changes could ...

These veterinarians, flu scientists, and biosecurity experts are watching with growing concern the rise in H5N1 avian ...