Avian influenza or bird flu is a respiratory disease of birds caused by Influenza A viruses. Wild birds, such as ducks, gulls and shorebirds can carry and spread these viruses but may show no sign of ...

In early December 2024, a group of researchers published an article in the journal Science, entitled “A single mutation in ...

A new strain of bird flu has been detected on a duck farm in California. The World Organisation for Animal Health reported the outbreak of the new strain, H5N9, earlier this week.

A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of Pittsburgh and NIH Vaccine Research Center researchers report today in ...

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.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bird flu outbreaks have impacted poultry in 51 states, while the ...

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

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

Commercial duck flock in California has tested positive for two strains of avian influenza. On November 23, 2024, two HPAI viruses were identified in samples from a farm rearing meat ducks in Merced ...

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

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