While the H5N1 bird flu keep spreading, the first reported H5N9 outbreak in the United States has been identified on a duck ...

In early December 2024, a group of researchers published an article in the journal Science, entitled “A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors”.

A new strain of bird flu has been detected on a duck farm in California. The World Organisation for Animal Health reported ...

Spanish flu pandemic was caused by a particularly virulent strain of influenza virus. It infected 500 million people, caused ...

A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of ...

The antibody targets a stable part of the bird flu virus, ensuring that the immune protection can resist new variants and offer long-term protection against the globally spreading airborne infection.

The California duck farm's strain of H5N9 is different from those earlier cases because this time it is closely related to a ...

A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy has been shown to protect monkeys against severe bird flu caused by H1N1.

The flu is a disease of the respiratory system involving the mouth, nose, throat and occasionally the bronchi and lungs.

Recent history makes clear that microbiological disasters can strike anytime. But a longer history should remind us of the ...

The United States has reported its first H5N9 bird flu outbreak in California, affecting almost 119,000 ducks. Both H5N9 and ...