However, none of this means we are "one mutation away" from a pandemic. The first highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of ...

The H5N1 virus has mutated meaning it has begun to adapt to infect humans better raising new questions about H5N1's pandemic ...

As more cases of bird flu emerge across the country, public health leaders in New York City are watching warily -- and making ...

Researchers at Texas Biomed have identified nine mutations in a strain of bird flu found in a person in Texas. Bad news: This ...

H5N1 remains a major threat to poultry and wild bird populations, leading to large-scale culling of domestic fowl in many ...

There are two reasons not to produce more: First, if H5N1 became a pandemic, the virus would likely acquire substantial new mutations, and further updates to the vaccine would be needed.

“More cases of H5N1 are occurring in the United States than in any other country,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University in Providence, R.I. “Pausing our ...

Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the ...

Dr. Jeremy Faust, a researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, is mentioned in reports warning that H5N1 needs to be taken seriously so it doesn’t become the next pandemic.

San Francisco confirmed that a child in the city became the first case of H5N1. A panel of biotech leaders discussed what ...

A CHILD tested positive for H5N1 bird flu after experiencing conjunctivitis, health officials have confirmed. The patient, ...

Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.), the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, told Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s ...