The H5N1 avian influenza virus, first detected in humans in Hong Kong in 1997, has spread globally, spawning multiple ...

New computational modeling of avian influenza variants’ immunoprotein interactions – developed by a research team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte – reveals the H5N1 ...

As the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus continues to spread among animals, the number of recorded cat deaths from the virus has risen significantly in early 2025, heightening ...

Researchers tested blood samples from over 150 people born between 1927 and 2016 for antibodies targeting the stalk proteins of different influenza viruses, including H5N1. They found that blood ...

Intranasal influenza virus-vectored vaccine offers protection against clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 infection in small animal models. Nature Communications , 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58504-z ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) H5N1 influenza is evolving to evade human immune defenses, reducing the efficacy of existing vaccines. Computational modeling shows a decline in antibody binding ...