Each year, seasonal flu sickens about 1 billion people worldwide and causes approximately 290,000 to 650,000 respiratory ...

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive ...

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 ...

In the past two years, a disease-causing strain of avian flu, known as H5N1 or bird flu, has impacted 1,046 flocks across the ...

The detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, subtype H5N1 in dairy cattle was confirmed in March 2024 by the U.S ...

Bird flu is hitting the U.S. hard. Now, migratory birds are flying north The migratory birds flying to northern Ontario could bring the avian virus with them, said Earl Brown, a professor ...

Avian influenza A viruses, particularly the H5N1 subtype, continue to grab headlines — raising concerns for the public who is likely leery of another pandemic. Yet many infectious disease ...