The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

Influenza viruses are shifty entities. A seemingly ingenious and sneaky way for viruses to make these leaps is by swapping ...

Bird flu was nearly everywhere in the U.S.—in chickens, cows, pet cats and even humans. Cases have gone down, but experts ...

Scientists always knew a deadly virus was going to jump from animals to humans: COVID was not the first time it has happened, ...

For months, bird flu was seemingly everywhere in the U.S.: news headlines reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza ...

In just 3 years, the Influenza Vaccines Research and Development (R&D) Roadmap Initiative has demonstrated important ...

From the outset of the Trump administration, bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has flown rather conspicuously — and in fact ...

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode ...

New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

Despite pleas from pigeon fanciers, the EU isn’t loosening its grip on avian flu rules just yet, keeping racing pigeons ...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Health recently confirmed the country’s twelfth human case of H5N1 avian influenza so far this year.