Since 1959 the avian flu virus H5N1 has been popping up around the globe. Now scientists believe it could spark the next ...

Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems ...

H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to ...

The infection was detected in a single sheep in Yorkshire on Monday and, while bird flu does not spread easily to people, the ...

Richard Peabody, director of epidemic and emerging infections at the UK Health Security Agency, has warned that bird flu has ...

Bird flu has long been a top contender for starting the next pandemic. Between 2003 and 2023, there were 882 cases reported ...

Single Mutation in H5N1 Influenza Surface Protein Could Enable ... when just one change can increase the risk of becoming a pandemic virus? A recent study ... Pregnancy Enhances Natural Immunity ...

The most well-known HPAI subtype circulating today is H5N1. Since early 2024, H5N1 has been causing outbreaks among cows ...

Seasonal flu showed a 'remarkable' bounce back to pre-pandemic levels once ... H5N1 Virus Isolated from Infected Dairy Worker Is 100% Lethal in Ferrets, but Does Not Appear to Be Circulating in ...

In Albert Camus’ novel, The Plague, set in the French Algerian town of Oran, rats one day begin showing up dead on residents’ ...

The H5N1 strain of bird flu has the “potential to become a pandemic” (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) From reproductive rights to ...

Every human infection is an opportunity for H5N1 bird flu to mutate, raising pandemic risk There is much to learn from the COVID experience - how much intervention is needed to help get people and ...