Researchers at Texas Biomed have identified nine mutations in a strain of bird flu found in a person in Texas. Bad news: This ...

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

In early December 2024, a group of researchers published an article in the journal Science, entitled "A single mutation in ...

The H5N1 virus has mutated meaning it has begun to adapt to infect humans better raising new questions about H5N1's pandemic ...

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

H5N1 remains a major threat to poultry and wild bird populations, leading to large-scale culling of domestic fowl in many ...

One of the earliest strains of bird flu isolated from a human in Texas shows a unique constellation of mutations that enable ...

Human MxA protein suppresses mammalian H5N1 virus replication, but emerging mutations may enable partial evasion, raising concerns for human transmission.

It’s a type of H5N1 bird flu that is related ... and it showed a few mutations that researchers say increases the virus’ ability to replicate in human cells. In the Louisiana case, researchers ...

The day after Christmas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it had identified new mutations to the H5N1 bird-flu virus in a “severely ill” patient in Louisiana.

Cases have been spreading across the country since April 2024 with 67 confirmed as of Thursday, according to the Centers for ...

Staying a step ahead of the avian influenza virus with surveillance, testing and research could mean the difference between a ...