In recent years, there has been growing concern over the H5N1 influenza virus. It was first identified in birds three decades ...

Expert says H5N1 has the potential to spur a major epidemic if its circulation among poultry, cattle and humans is not ...

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 The finding, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, raises the ...

Studies suggest that people who had seasonal flus or vaccinations have low antibody levels against H5N1 bird flu.

Erik Karlsson, PhD, with the National Influenza Center and Pasteur Institute in Cambodia, said on X today that 7 of the 15 ...

Since its emergence in US dairy cattle, highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu, H5N1) has defied control, spreading to ...

New research projects funded to combat avian influenza in swine focus on vaccine development, transmission risks, and biosecurity measures.

When a disease-causing virus or other organism is transmitted from one species to another, most of the time the infection ...

Bird flu was probably circulating in dairy cows for at least four months before it was confirmed to be the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus, according to a new analysis of genomic data by scientists ...

H5N1 bird flu virus particles found in pasteurized milk but FDA says commercial milk supply appears safe By Helen Branswell, Nicholas Florko, Megan Molteni, and Rachel Cohrs Zhang Reprints ...

Make public the government’s planned strategy for H5N1 communication. Government agencies should provide people with a rough schedule of when they should expect to be updated.

Opinion If many dairy farm workers contract H5N1, we risk a pandemic Failure to shield these workers could allow the H5N1 virus to become a greater threat.