Bird Flu Cases are Down, But the Threat Hasn’t Passed. What to Know About the H5N1 Outbreak.
By most indications, the avian influenza outbreak that has washed over U.S. farms is at an ebb. Experts don’t seem hopeful, ...
H5N1 bird flu spread ‘unprecedented,’ UN agency warns
A United Nations food agency warned that the continued spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus is an unprecedented food security ...
MedPage Today on MSN3d
Here's What RFK Jr. Got Wrong About H5N1 Bird Flu
Kennedy Jr. downplayed concerns about H5N1 avian influenza in the U.S., raising alarm among public health and infectious ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN5d
Avian Flu Is Rapidly Spreading Across Antarctica
Avian flu has wreaked havoc in other parts of the world. According to the World Organization for Animal Health, the United ...
H5N1 influenza viral lineages beginning to evade human immunological defenses, research finds
New computational modeling of avian influenza variants' immunoprotein interactions—developed by a research team at the ...
Current antivirals don't work well against H5N1 avian influenza virus in cows' milk, scientists find
As the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues, scientists are working to better understand the virus's threat to human ...
Earth.com2d
Bird flu virus is rapidly evolving to evade immune defenses
The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.
Dead geese spur avian flu concerns
The sightings of dead geese on Lake Champlain have concerned local citizens as to the spread of avian flu to other animals and humans. Westport Town Supervisor Michael K. Tyler was not pleased when he ...
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FAO warns of ‘unprecedented’ avian flu spread, in call for global action
The rapid spread of the highly infectious avian flu virus H5N1 has reached an “unprecedented” scale, wiping out hundreds of ...
Scientific American2d
RFK, Jr. Wants to Let Bird Flu Spread on Poultry Farms. Why Experts Are Concerned
Health secretary RFK, Jr. has repeatedly suggested that farmers should let bird flu spread through flocks. Experts explain ...
GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News5d
Antibodies Against H5N1 More Likely in Adults with History of Flu Infections
Previous exposures to older flu strains prime the immune system to produce antibodies against bird flu (H5N1).