The patient in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe bird flu illness was found to have a mutated version of the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced ...

“This is exactly why I’ve been trying to call attention to deep sequencing of each virus from cows, cats, and people infected ...

As cases of H5N1 bird flu rise across the U.S., some of us may be more immune to the virus than others. Many people may have immune cells called "T cells" primed and ready to fight the "highly ...

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Friday that the H5N1 virus was discovered in meat from a single cull dairy cow as part of testing of 96 dairy cows. APHIS said the meat ...

Mutations in one of the first human-isolated strains of H5N1 bird flu in the US were identified by the Texas Biomedical ...

A total of 65 other people in the United States had contracted the H5N1 virus, though their symptoms had been relatively mild in comparison. While the CDC is still investigating the precise source ...

Human MxA protein suppresses mammalian H5N1 virus replication, but emerging mutations may enable partial evasion, raising concerns for human transmission.

H5N1 Virus Outbreak News: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an emergency warning for the H5N1 avian influenza virus, also known as bird flu. The virus, which has ...

Concern over bird flu is growing among some health experts. This bird virus, H5N1, uh, is circulating widely. In, uh, uh, domestic poultry and on dairy farms. One point of concern is the spread of ...

The recent outbreak of bird flu stems from a mutation of the H5N1 virus that affects humans more easily, compared to past mutations of the virus that targeted birds and not mammals. On Thursday ...