Each human and mammalian infection gives the virus an opportunity to mutate and evolve better ways of transmitting from ...

Leading virologists from over 40 countries are sounding the alarm over the increasing threat of H5N1 avian flu—which can ...

The National Academy of Sciences has canceled a workshop on preventing human bird flu infections after being told to stop ...

The threat of the avian flu continues to increase as household cats are experiencing increased levels of infections and ...

Dubbed the Avian Flu Influenza Area Surveillance Testing or AFAST project, some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift ...

Health experts are raising concerns as the H5N1 bird flu spreads rapidly across US dairy farms, infecting over 70 people and ...

Questions are answered by experts at the Oregon Health Authority, other state agencies or community partners. Questions and ...

Easy replication in cattle mammary glands means H5N1 bird flu is under no evolutionary pressure to adapt to spread easily in humans.

H5N1 — the bird flu virus — demands redoubling efforts to prevent its spread to humans. As most people know, influenza is ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able ...