Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on the virus’s spread as we enter a new year.

A spillover infection happens when an animal has contact with an animal of a different species that is infected with a virus such as bird flu, and becomes ill themselves, but cannot pass the virus ...

Researchers have identified nine mutations in a bird flu strain from a person in Texas. Bad news: this strain is more capable of causing disease and replicates better in the brain. Good news: approved ...

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 ...

Combined infection with bird flu and human flu could lead to mutations of new viruses that could have dangerous public health consequences, agencies have warned. This is following the news that ...

Scotland’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Sheila Voas, announced the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 on ...

The bird flu virus has evolved to thrive and replicate ... Messer says one interesting aspect of the virus’s structure is that it can pair well with lots of different host enzymes, which helps ...

The first person in the U.S. just died from a strain of the virus in Louisiana, but there’s still some simple ways to stay ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed the components necessary to quickly produce vaccines that ...