One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker. There have ...

When a disease-causing pathogen such as a flu virus is already adapted to infect a particular animal species, it may ...

Infectious diseases are becoming more frequent, more severe, and harder to control in our closely connected world. Viruses ...

In today's interconnected world, infectious diseases pose an escalating threat, as demonstrated by the coronavirus pandemic ...

Low vaccination rates for influenza viruses and the lack of an HSV vaccine underscore the need for a new approach to reduce viral transmission. Researchers have now used a clinical-grade antiviral ...

Dec. 5, 2024 — Avian influenza viruses typically require several mutations to adapt and spread among humans, but what happens when just one change can increase the risk of becoming a pandemic virus?

The 114 commercial outbreaks in South Dakota have led to the death or intentional killing of more than 6 million turkeys, chickens and other birds.

A highly pathogenic version of avian influenza virus, commonly referred to as bird flu, was detected in wild birds in the ...

According to a Health Canada document on avian influenza: "Human infections can happen when the virus gets into a person's ...

A recent study by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte revealed that bird flu is changing rapidly and could become ...

The latest bird flu epidemic has crossed species barriers, underlining the pressing need for a more proactive and global ...

While no human cases have been reported in South ... Dakota – fears are growing that the highly contagious avian influenza virus could mutate and begin to spread widely among the world's human ...