Does avian influenza affect wild birds? Find out if you need to take down bird feeders. Plus learn the risk to backyard ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains tend to infect birds. But the potential for influenza A viruses that ...

Knowable Magazine answers questions about how dangerous bird flu is, where it came from, and what key events paved the way ...

A 59-year-old man in Mexico was reported Wednesday to be the first person ever to die of avian flu ... confirmed human case of infection with A(H5N2) subtype of bird flu reported globally and ...

Single Mutation in H5N1 Influenza Surface Protein Could Enable Easier Human Infection Dec. 6, 2024 — A single modification in the protein found on the surface of the highly pathogenic avian ...

The detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, subtype H5N1 in dairy cattle was confirmed in March 2024 by the U.S ...

Genetic reshuffling — aka antigenic shift — between a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza and a strain of human influenza could create a new strain that's even more infectious among ...

“This biosensor is the first of its kind,” said Rajan Chakrabarty, a professor of energy, environmental, and chemical ...

Mexico on Tuesday logged its first human death from H5N1 avian influenza, a three-year-old girl in the northern state of ...

Human cases were reported ... Most available vaccines for avian influenza in chickens are administered through injection. This method, while effective, can be time-consuming and stressful for ...