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 ...

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 ...

"This type of prevention can be very useful in controlling infection outbreaks and containing the bird flu pandemic," said an immunologist.

Growing concerns over pet food safety A surge in H5N1 virus cases among pets, particularly cats, has raised alarms about raw ...

To learn more about the recent bird flu outbreaks, we spoke with Asha Shah, MD, director of infectious diseases and ...

“No doubt that human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A, H5N1 virus that primarily causes bird flu, has a high potential for severe respiratory infection as well as high ...

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 ...

If bird flu is lurking undetected on Minnesota’s dairy farms, the state is determined to find it. Starting in February, milk ...

Cats are particularly susceptible to the virus. (Correction: According to state health officials, the H5N1 virus has not been detected in cows on licensed dairy farms in Massachusetts since August.

The antibody targets a stable part of the bird flu virus, ensuring that the immune protection can resist new variants and offer long-term protection against the globally spreading airborne infection.

All nine macaques given the control developed severe disease when exposed to bird flu, as did all given the smallest dose of ...