Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian ...

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...

In a study of newborn piglets, infection with influenza A was associated with disruptions in the piglets' nasal and gut ...

By Seth Millstein for Sentient. Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza reached Antarctica’s mainland in early 2024, leaving Australia, New Zealand and Pacific ...

CC-42344 was shown to be highly active against the highly pathogenic 2024 Texas H5N1 avian influenza strain The Company’s virology study further confirmed the previous structural and in vitro ...

Moderna’s $776 million in funding to develop an avian flu vaccine for people was canceled May 28 following concerns from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) about the safety of mRNA ...

The data showed that CC-42344 was highly potent against the H5N1 avian influenza virus (EC50, 0.003 µM), approximately 1,000-fold more potent, compared to a ... (including SARS-CoV-2), noroviruses and ...

People are catching avian flu from both chickens and cows. CREDIT: ... To become adept at infecting humans, the virus would have to change the structure of its hemagglutinin.

"We need to be ready for if avian influenza becomes a serious risk to human health," said Mennill. ... they're also closely tracking any changes to the virus' structure.

But flu viruses evolve rapidly, and that H5 2.3.4.4b has shuffled genes with other viruses more than once, creating lots of variants and subvariants. More recently, another variant called D1.1 has ...