Nearly 119,000 birds have been culled at a farm in California after a bird flu called H5N9 was detected among the poultry ...

The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms of how it infects cells. Currently, no approved treatments exist. To address this critical ...

The Nature of Viruses Viruses are microscopic entities that require a host's cellular machinery to replicate. Unlike bacteria ...

This is the warning of a new paper in the journal Science Advances, which concluded that vaccinating against the highly pathogenic H5 subtype of avian influenza virus (AIV) may drive viral evolution.

A Nigerian amateur may have earned himself a trial at Spanish football club Sevilla after a his tweet requesting a trial went viral. Identified only as Ola Great, the Nigerian reached out to ...

with symptoms that some may struggle to discern from human influenza. Scientists have already identified that the virus mutated inside the Louisiana patient who died, raising concerns that bird ...

Scientists uncover structure of critical component in deadly Nipah virus Findings could inform the design of treatments to combat infection Date: January 20, 2025 Source: Harvard Medical School ...

And it may get worse soon. The United States’ highest month for flu illnesses is usually February, according to the CDC. But there are other respiratory viruses circulating as well. Along with ...

A San Francisco resident is the second child in the United States to contract the viral bird flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to SFGATE. A CDC spokesperson ...

Cold and flu season is in full swing as four major respiratory viruses circulate the country. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 15 states have "very high ...

Principal Deputy Director for the CDC Nirav Shah said the agency is not changing its guidance out of growing concern about the H5N1 bird flu virus. Instead, officials want to speed up an already ...