A dairy worker in Nevada has reportedly been infected by the killer variant of H5N1 bird flu; analysis shows changes in new ...

A version of the H5N1 virus that has killed one person and severely sickened another has been detected in milk samples ...

then those two viruses get together and can have the capacity to exchange genetic elements.” While the latest H5N1 strain isn’t known to spread among humans, it has already spilled over to ...

A new antibody therapy effectively protects monkeys from severe H5N1 avian flu, offering hope for a universal flu vaccine and ...

In most human cases H5N1 was thought to have been contracted from close contact with an infected animal. Unfortunately, human-to-human transmission may only require a few new genetic tweaks by the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that four dairy herds in Nevada recently found to be infected with H5N1 bird flu ... the USDA analyzed the genetic sequences of the viruses ...

Six dairy herds in Nevada have tested positive for a newer variant of the H5N1 bird flu virus that ... with the US Department of Agriculture on genetic testing to see whether there are changes ...

The highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has killed millions of birds around the world ... The antibody recognizes a part of the avian influenza structure that is thought to be stable and not likely ...

A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of Pittsburgh and NIH Vaccine Research Center researchers report today in ...