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

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers wrote.

“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 ...

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

H5N1, or Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A, is a subtype of influenza A virus that causes avian influenza or flu in cows, birds, and other mammals. However, this highly infectious respiratory ...

H5N1 influenza virus had previously not been isolated from ... the clinical features of the 2009 pandemic were milder. The crystal structure of the hemagglutinin of both the viruses is similar ...

The patient in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe bird flu illness was found to have a mutated version of the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced ...

They worry that the H5N1 virus has the potential to set off another human pandemic. “You’ve got something that’s clearly evolving here in the United States,” said Dr. Cameron Wolfe ...

But H5N1-infected birds “are not permitted in any food product at all. They are most frequently composted on site as part of the efforts to mitigate the spread of the virus.” The Central ...

Last week, a Louisiana resident became the first human in the country to die from the H5N1 influenza virus, after being hospitalized with severe illness. The patient, who was older than 65 and had ...

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Friday that the H5N1 virus was discovered in meat from a single cull dairy cow as part of testing of 96 dairy cows. APHIS said the meat ...