The CSIC-UNESPA scientific expedition has been underway since last January with the aim of monitoring the presence of the ...

A new strain of avian flu, H5N1, has spread to dairy cows and domestic cats in the U.S., with a dairy worker in Nevada ...

The CSIC-UNESPA scientific expedition has been underway since last January with the aim of monitoring the presence of the ...

What you need to know about bird flu. Public health experts are closely watching avian influenza, which has affected chickens ...

The flu virus is changing in ways never seen before, increasing infections and raising concerns about vaccine effectiveness and public health risks.

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 ...

Staff at the World Bird Sanctuary in St. Louis are taking extra precautions to protect raptor species from H5 avian influenza ...

Pasteurization at 63°C and 72°C effectively inactivates influenza A viruses in milk, ensuring its safety for human consumption while viral RNA may still be detected.

Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting poultry and wild water birds, posing significant global challenges due to its high mortality rates and economic impacts. Highly ...

Over a dozen ducks and wild birds at the Queens and Bronx zoos have died, likely all due to the avian flu sweeping the ...

In this new study, the researchers wondered if that might be the case with H5 subtypes of the avian influenza virus ... sometimes lead to the virus jumping to other species more easily.