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

Seasonal influenza vaccines triggered protective immune responses against the H5N1 avian influenza virus primarily in younger ...

Is there a connection between bird flu and microRNA, the tiny bits of RNA which have different tasks in regulating genes and ...

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

Caption: A hospitalized 13-year-old B.C. girl believed to be the first person to acquire H5N1 avian flu in Canada is now out of intensive care and breathing on her own. The source of her infection ...

A British Columbia doctor who treated a 13-year-old avian flu patient says the case has made him concerned about the ...

B.C. Children's Hospital says a 13-year-old girl who spent weeks in hospital with avian flu was discharged on Tuesday.

Bird flu viruses normally attach to a type of cell receptor that is rare in human upper airways, which is believed to be one of the reasons why H5N1 doesn’t easily infect people and does not ...

The first human patient in the United States with a confirmed case of avian influenza has died, according to a press release ...

Virologists are also concerned about a situation where a person simultaneously gets infected with H5N1 and human influenza virus H3N2 or H1N1, each of which is currently circulating as flu activit ...

This Louisiana case of bird flu marks the first instance of severe illness that's linked to the virus within the U.S., said the CDC in a statement. Genetic sequences of highly pathogenic avian ...