As the virus infects more humans, especially if those cases are not closely surveilled, it creates more opportunities for the virus to mutate and mix with other viruses that are already good at ...

Most of the time when a virus mutates, the resulting variants are benign or even weakened versions of the pathogen. But the coronavirus is spreading practically uncontrolled all over the world ...

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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 ...

As the virus infects more humans, especially if those cases are not closely surveilled, it creates more opportunities for the virus to mutate and mix with other viruses that are already good at ...

In severe bird flu cases, the virus can mutate as it lingers in the body As the seasonal flu picks up, there are even more opportunities for the bird flu to acquire mutations as the different ...

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 ...