Avian influenza A (H5N1) has mutated, so the symptoms of bird flu could change as more people get sick in 2025.

JERUSALEM, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- An outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, was discovered in a turkey farm in central Israel, the country's Ministry of Agriculture and Food ...

Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the ...

Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the ...

A California child was recently confirmed as the third human case of bird flu with a known source of infection. What could this mean in our fight against the disease?

As cases of H5N1, also known as avian flu or bird flu, continue to surface across the U.S., safety precautions are ramping up. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus has been steadily spreading across the globe since 2021. It has evolved to become capable of infecting a diversity of avian species, marine mammals, cattle and even ...

According to a brief published by the Wildlife Management Institute on Nov. 15, the avian influenza virus has affected more than approximately 105 million wild aquatic birds, commercial poultry ...

In this prospective observational study, immune protection against H5N1 and H7N9 avian influenza virus (AIV) was almost absent prior to vaccination. However, seasonal influenza vaccines induced a ...

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), commonly known as bird flu, is a severe and highly contagious viral disease affecting bird populations worldwide. Caused by influenza A viruses ...

In 2023, Moderna initiated a study on a “pandemic influenza vaccine” to protect against H5 and H7 avian influenza viruses. In July, the company received $176 million from HHS toward its ...