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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When the H5N1 bird flu virus jumps from animals into people, it hits a dead end. Missing the key genes that would help it infect humans, it isn’t causing a pandemic. But if the virus suddenly ...

A report by LA Times reveals that the new strain is a combination of the H5N1 strain that has been widely detected across the world and likely a “low-pathogenic” bird flu virus. Moreover ...

Both the more prevalent H5N1 and the rarer H5N9 strains need to gain some key mutations in order to efficiently spread among humans. “The seasonal, human H1N1 virus has an NA protein that is ...

Whether it's ducks or chickens, since the current strain of bird flu, H5N1, reached the United States in 2022, over 148 million birds have been ordered euthanized. "It's a staggering number ...

Guam Memorial Hospital Administrator Lilian Perez-Posadas said there are no suspected cases of norovirus or H5N1 infections on ... respiratory syncytial virus, RSV, or common colds, which ...

Between 500 and 1,000 suspected cases of H5N1, also called avian flu ... by bird flu and whether infected people have spread the virus to pet cats. The studies had been scheduled to be released ...

In 1997, 18 cases of avian influenza A H5N1 infection occurred in humans in Hong Kong. It soon became evident that the avian influenza virus H5N1 could cross the species barrier and infect humans.

In response to the emergence of H5N1 influenza A viruses as a novel pathogen of cattle, this study shows that pasteurisation of cows’ milk should effectively inactivate the virus, but that it ...

(Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration) There are currently no documented cases of human to human transmission of bird flu, also known as avian flu H5N1, though there is concern that the virus, which has ...