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No, we’re not ‘one mutation away’ from an H5N1 bird flu pandemic – here are the facts
In early December 2024, a group of researchers published an article in the journal Science, entitled “A single mutation in ...
What you need to know about bird flu, according to a Rutgers expert
Avian influenzas, commonly called bird flu, are influenza viruses that readily infect and spread through birds. While ...
To detect contagious bird flu, can genomic surveillance shift to sewers?
Experts say our cities have a valuable tool that can help us keep better tabs on the virus: sewage. While wastewater already ...
What we can VERIFY about bird flu amid current outbreak
Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? Have people in the U.S. contracted bird flu? We VERIFY the answers ...
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Antibody prophylaxis shields Macaques from severe H5N1
A study published in Science examines the application of the broadly neutralizing antibody (bnAb) MEDI8852* as a pre-exposure prophylaxis in cynomolgus macaques, with the objective of evaluating its ...
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Deadly H5N1 bird flu becomes an 'existential threat' to biodiversity worldwide
The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in ...
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USA Raises Alarms Over First Avian Flu Death
Although human-to-human transmission has not been confirmed in this case, H5N1 remains a latent threat, raising alarms in the ...
Lithuania reports outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on laying hen farm, WOAH says
Lithuania has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a laying hen farm ...
How are H5N9 and H5N1 different? What to know after California bird flu outbreak
The California duck farm's strain of H5N9 is different from those earlier cases because this time it is closely related to a ...
H5N9 and H5N1: What’s the difference, and is California at risk after the recent outbreak?
H5N9 and H5N1 are two strains of bird flu that have recently sparked concern, especially after a significant outbreak at a ...