The strain of bird flu that infected a Michigan dairy worker in May 2024 is capable of airborne transmission, according to new research from the CDC.

Research on H9N2 avian influenza shows extensive genetic changes, raising public health concerns and emphasizing the need for ...

Officials in Arizona have declared an animal disease emergency over the bird flu. The President of Hickman’s Family Farms ...

A new study published in Nature Microbiology has uncovered significant genetic and antigenic diversity among H9N2 avian ...

A new study shows how person-to-person variation in antibody immunity plays a key role in shaping which influenza (flu) strains dominate in a population.

A non-peer-reviewed UK study found live H5N1 can persist in raw milk for over a day at room temperature and a week in the ...

As the only laboratory in the Northeast authorized by the USDA to test for bird flu, the Connecticut Veterinary Medical ...

Researchers identified a novel genotype (D1.1) of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 spreading among wild birds, poultry, ...

Scientists have recently found that one strain of this virus that is no longer in circulation was probably only a single genetic mutation from causing infections in people. Viruses have to enter cells ...

identified the emergence and interstate spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) in dairy cattle. Genetic analysis confirms that a reassortment event in wild birds preceded a single ...

Bird flu (H5N1) originated in China ... and wild birds such as blackbirds and pigeons. Genetic analysis revealed the virus has developed mutations associated with adaptation to mammals. Alarmingly, ...