Researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have developed a new, proof-of-concept vaccine to protect people from the bird flu strain currently circulating in the United States. The team, led ...

The appropriations bill allocates funding for the University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostics Lab to increase its testing ...

Avian influenza is still a concern as fall migration begins, and people are advised to take precautions such as not touching ...

Rising cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in gamebirds have resulted in stricter mandatory biosecurity ...

Biologist Valeria Falabella’s voice breaks as she describes the devastating scene. It was October 2023 when she and her team ...

A team of Chilean scientists has sequenced the first complete genomes of the H5N1 avian influenza virus found in birds in ...

Uttarakhand health authorities have confirmed a bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, outbreak in two districts. While ...

Human mammary glands contain sugars that avian influenza can latch onto to infect cells, researchers report August 8 at medRxiv.org. The finding, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, raises the ...

Avian influenza, or bird flu, is highly infectious in birds and usually fatal. While it doesn't spread to humans nearly as much, it has a high fatality rate.

The discovery could indicate a significant expansion of the virus into the continent that would put susceptible bird species ...

An uptick in the number of cases of avian influenza affecting the UK has prompted companies to stress the need for producers ...