Viruses are masters at disguise. When they are pushed too far by our immune system, they send new virus variants into play ...

H5N1 bird flu poses a pandemic threat as CDC identifies 9 alarming mutations enhancing human infection risk Learn about its ...

A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including ...

A literary festival is more about dissecting prose and poetry than discussing pandemic preparedness. But at the ongoing ...

A PERSON in the West Midlands has contracted bird flu, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. The case is only one ...

Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have mapped a critical ...

Avian influenza A (H5N1) has mutated, so the symptoms of bird flu could change as more people get sick in 2025.

It was an experimental in vitro test that, via a range of different laboratory techniques, introduced mutations at a specific point in the HA protein of the H5N1 virus, and then assessed how they ...

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

Bird flu poses an increasing pandemic threat as it becomes more adaptive, jumping to humans, pets and zoo animals, Europe’s disease and food agencies warned on Wednesday. They are urging countries to ...

Two different lineages are currently circulating, one carried by wild birds, the other infecting dairy farms in the US. The ...