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

Several local factors - including the minimum temperature reached in autumn, the water level in lakes and ponds in winter, ...

The virus, which scientists call H5N1, has spread like wildfire around the globe in recent years, surprising and horrifying ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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.

At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It’s a sign that a pandemic may be on the horizon.