The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.

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According to a new study, a component found in all mushrooms could offer protection against lung damage caused by the flu. A ...

The risk that bird flu poses to the general public is low, according to the CDC, but a major focus of OPPR’s efforts had been to ready the nation to respond in the event the virus changed or ...

He noted that there are significant similarities between H5N1 and other flu virus types ... whose work was instrumental in understanding the structure of the SARS-COV-2 spike protein, agreed ...

The risk that bird flu poses to the general public is low, according to the CDC, but a major focus of OPPR’s efforts had been to ready the nation to respond in the event the virus changed or mutated ...

South African poultry industry suffers R1. 8 billion in losses as experts warn of potential human transmission risks from the ...

Viruses like SARS-CoV-2 use sugar molecules to hide from the immune system, but scientists at Scripps Research have designed ...

Cocrystal Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: COCP) (“Cocrystal” or the “Company”) reports financial results for the 12 months ended December 31, 2024, and provides updates on its antiviral product pipeline, ...

The scientists had stressed that the idea of airborne transmission of the new virus was still mostly theoretical, but they’d ...

Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...