A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as 2.3.4.4b, which has ...

A virus that can cause a polio-like illness among children has been found in Bay Area wastewater as influenza cases spike.

Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

Preventing a pandemic means early detection of bird flu strains — surveillance of viral spread and influenza infections in ...

The new nasal vaccine only needs one dose and produces reliable immunity right at the site where the virus enters the body.

"NCDHHS said Wednesday that this is the highest number of statewide flu deaths recorded since broad reporting began in 2009."We are deeply saddened by the loss of life this respiratory virus ...

Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), which spreads mainly through oral contact, infects more than two-thirds of the global population and is the leading cause of infectious blindness in Western countries.

Their departures will likely lead to some disruptions in the agency's bird flu monitoring in livestock, which is a pillar of the national response to the virus, the source added. An ongoing bird ...

that if a person becomes infected with both bird flu and seasonal flu, the H5N1 virus could mutate into a strain that can be transferred from human to human, potentially triggering a pandemic.

India’s ongoing battle with bird flu has taken a serious turn, as the deadly H5N1 virus—once largely restricted to poultry—has begun infecting a wide range of non-avian species, including ...