A surge in H5N1 virus cases among pets, particularly cats, has raised alarms about raw pet food safety. The virus, devastating bird populations nationwide since 2022, has infected cats through ...

According to a report in CNN, scientists said that virus would need to evolve or retain key changes in its genetic sequence to start a pandemic. H5N1 bird flu is an infection that spreads in birds ...

A patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus (“H5N1 bird flu”) infection in Louisiana. This marks the first instance of severe illness linked to the ...

Reassortment is when two or more influenza virus strains infect a single host and then swap segments of their genetic material with each other. The more birds get infected with the H5N1 or N5N9 ...

Different blends of those two proteins alongside many other mutations elsewhere in the virus can affect how sick people and animals get and how it spreads. H5N1 has been the dominant grouping of ...

In early December 2024, a group of researchers published an article in the journal Science, entitled "A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors".

A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalized with bird flu, the state's health department announced Monday, marking the first U.S. death from the H5N1 virus. "The patient was over the ...

Why a teenager’s bird-flu infection is ringing alarm bells for scientists Although many of the infections have been mild, emerging data indicate that variants of the avian influenza virus H5N1 ...

For the first time, birds in a backyard flock in Wayne County have been sickened by the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development ...

Scientists also know a lot more about H5N1 bird flu than they did the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the US has been preparing for the threat of a new flu outbreak for a long time. Still, the virus is ...

Cats are particularly susceptible to the virus. This post was updated because an earlier version contained inaccurate information. According to state health officials, the H5N1 virus has not been ...