Long before chewing gum came in shiny foil wrappers with watermelon flavors and whitening promises, our ancestors were ...

Thimerosal, targeted by activists who claim it’s linked to autism, shouldn't be used in vaccines given in the U.S. this ...

BIRD flu has been detected in an English farm, it’s been announced. A case of the H5N1 bird flu was found in poultry in West Yorkshire. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ...

A new study published in Nature Microbiology has uncovered significant genetic and antigenic diversity among H9N2 avian influenza viruses (AIVs) circulating in poultry across China, highlighting ...

Unlike most influenza viruses, which bind to glycans - i.e. carbohydrate chains on the cell surface - for infection, the H18N11 virus has a different target. “This virus binds to MHC class II ...

This work is published in Science in the paper, “ A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors. ” Influenza viruses attach to cells using ...

Hemagglutinin—the “H” in “H5N1”—is a protein that helps influenza viruses bind to host cells; the hemagglutinin achieves this by recognizing receptors that line those cells.

Scientists have discovered that H5N1, the strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus currently spreading in U.S. dairy cows, only needs a single mutation to readily latch on to human cells ...

Receptor binding site of the A/Texas/37/2024 hemagglutinin Leu226 mutant (yellow) in complex with the human receptor analog LSTc (cyan). LA JOLLA, CA—Avian influenza viruses typically require ...

As flu season begins, though, local labs could experience an uptick in regular flu testing. "Saturation of laboratories and health systems due to seasonal influenza cases could delay diagnosis and ...

“There are hundreds of strains of bird flu, and most of them don’t infect humans, or even mammals,” Stephen Cusack told BioWorld. “There are two main reasons for that.” To be able to cause an ...