California researchers say the world may be just one genetic tweak away from human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus — a worrisome mutation that could open the door to widespread ...

We are not one mutation from a pandemic, but the H5N1 virus is certainly not getting any further away. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors. Science , 2024; 386 (6726): 1128 DOI: 10.1126/science.adt0180 Cite This Page : ...

Mutation in H5N1 Bird Flu Could Trigger Pandemic in Humans. Published Dec 05, 2024 at 2:24 PM EST Updated Dec 06, 2024 at 3:11 AM EST. By . Tom Howarth is a Newsweek reporter based in Bristol, U.K.

Ultimately, more human H5N1 infections would make the Gln226Leu mutation more likely to crop up. "The more people that get infected, the more likelihood is that … that mutation will get selected ...

A virologist explains that why the bird-flu mutation in a patient in Louisiana probably isn’t the big one — but that it’s a sign of bad things happening with the H5N1 virus.

H5N1 bird flu virus in Canadian teenager displays mutations demonstrating virus’ risk. The mutation in the Canadian teenager was at a position known as 226 on the hemagglutinin’s receptor ...

An H5N1 bird flu mutation associated with increased infectiousness and disease severity has been found in two cats. Since the beginning of this year, more than 50 cats have been infected with H5N1 ...

A single mutation in the H5N1 strain of avian influenza that is infecting cattle in the US could make it more likely to infect humans, according to a new scientific paper.

Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent ...