A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

A new study published in Nature Microbiology has uncovered significant genetic and antigenic diversity among H9N2 avian influenza viruses (AIVs) circulating in poultry across China, highlighting ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed deep skepticism regarding mRNA vaccines, despite real-world evidence that the vaccines are safe and saved millions of lives.

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At the same time, recent CDC data shows that seasonal influenza A is rising ...

The mutations in the bird flu, or H5N1, viruses that caused severe infections in British Columbia and Louisiana both occurred in a protein on the surface of the virus that allows it to attach to ...

"When an influenza virus from a different animal adapts to spread effectively among humans, the result is pandemic." Currently, there have been 66 confirmed human cases of bird flu in the U.S. and ...

The Louisiana patient’s samples did not show any changes in the N1 neuraminidase section of the virus’s genome or other sections that could make the pathogen less susceptible to antiviral drugs.

A potential mutation in the H5N1 avian influenza virus is likely to increase its ability to infect humans, a genetic change that could lead to the next pandemic, as per experts.

A single mutation in the surface protein of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 influenza virus could allow for easier human transmission.

California researchers say the world may be just one genetic tweak away from human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus — a worrisome mutation that could open the door to widespread ...

Avian influenza viruses typically require several mutations to adapt and spread among humans, but what happens when just one change can increase the risk of becoming a pandemic virus? A recent ...