The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

Evolution is nature's engine, driving and shaping genetic change and the diversity around us. Charles Darwin famously unveiled this process through his theory of natural selection, revealing how ...

Although the avian flu (H5N1) virus may not be making the news as frequently, it is still working hard behind the scenes, ...

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

Scientists always knew a deadly virus was going to jump from animals to humans: COVID was not the first time it has happened, ...

These results can help scientists monitor the evolution and adaptability of bird flu strains, such as H5N1 or H7N9, towards infecting other species.

These new insights into the influenza replication complex can be used to study polymerase mutations in other similar strains of the avian influenza virus.

Antibody-based immune therapy could become a key weapon in the fight against bird flu after trials in monkeys successfully prevented severe illness and death from the infection. The preventative ...

A public health expert breaks down the latest on what to know about bird flu.

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.