A 13-year-old girl in British Columbia who was hospitalized with bird flu for several weeks late last year harbored a mutated version of the virus, according to a report published this week in the ...

STAT News Video - Video How — and why — coronaviruses mutate Posted: May 3, 2025 | Last updated: May 3, 2025 Most of the time when a virus mutates, the resulting variants are benign or even ...

A mutation is a change in an organism’s genetic material. A virus survives by finding a host and using its living cells to replicate, or to have itself reproduced. When a virus invades a host ...

As the seasonal flu picks up, there are even more opportunities for the bird flu to acquire mutations as the different influenza viruses mix. A 13-year-old girl in British Columbia who was ...