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

A child in California is presumed to have H5N1 bird flu, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Experts ...

Genetic sequences of H5N1 bird flu viruses collected from a person in Louisiana who became severely ill show signs of development of several mutations thought to affect the virus’ ability to ...

Two months shy of the fifth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic, the US has recorded its first human ...

Genetic samples from the patient contained mutations that could, in theory, help the virus better infect human cells. HealthDay News — Federal health officials have confirmed unsettling new details ...

The CDC says the risk of bird flu to the general public is low, but public health experts say they are worried the virus ...

More than 100 chickens, geese, ducks and other birds at Hess-Hathaway Park in Waterford have been culled after some tested ...

At least 500 people have died from bird flu worldwide, but recent cases in the U.S. are causing experts to worry about the ...

“We know there are specific mutations in that virus that can switch it from one day being a bird or chicken virus to being a human virus or more adapted to humans,” he said. He ...

How deadly is the bird flu? The US has reported its first death from avian influenza, H5N1. Here's what to know about bird ...