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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Generally, we're not testing asymptomatic people for H5N1." Could H5N1 mutations lead to easier spread, trigger pandemic?

It will take an exact combination of virus mutations and reassortments for that to happen, but it could, CIDRAP director says ...