Scientists are sounding the alarm about a concerning genetic mutation of the H5N1 bird flu virus, recently identified in four ...

COVID and the 1918 flu pandemic gave us playbooks on how to prepare for the next pandemic. But we aren’t using it.

Life science companies developing bird flu vaccines are gaining attention as the avian influenza subtype H5N1 becomes an ...

HHS is re-evaluating a nearly $600 million contract with Moderna to develop and test vaccines against flu viruses that could ...

Pigs are moderately susceptible to infection with a bovine-derived H5N1 avian influenza virus but don't spread it to other ...

Rather than changing its genome nucleotide by nucleotide, it can swap whole segments of RNA with another virus. H5N1 could, for example, exchange its hemagglutinin for a version that binds easily ...

A new biosensor from Washington University detects airborne H5N1 in five minutes, offering a faster, more effective tool for ...

made up of RNA molecules. But the challenge ... Single Mutation in H5N1 Influenza Surface Protein Could Enable Easier Human Infection Dec. 6, 2024 — A single modification in the protein found on ...

The CDC has sequenced bird flu viruses from people in Nevada and Wyoming, and the Trump Administration has released a ...

As highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread ... detection of the virus in trace amounts (less than 100 viral RNA copies per cubic meter of air). The biosensor uses “capture ...

The H5N1 Avian Bird Flu has been the talk of many health departments and agencies around the state of Indiana the last few weeks.