One key growth factor is the rising prevalence of the disease. The growing demand for rapid diagnostics and molecular testing ...

Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

Researchers successfully decoded the genome of the 1918 influenza virus by utilizing an over 100-year-old formalin-fixed ...

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

Oscar-winning 'Jaws' actor Richard Dreyfuss was forced to cancel his appearance at SharkCon, due to his hospitalization with ...

Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent the spread than public health agencies are ...

The study found that the bird flu virus can survive more than seven days in raw milk stored in the refrigerator.

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.

Large-scale immunity profiling grants insights into flu virus evolution Researchers have used high-throughput neutralization assays to reveal how gaps in individual immunity shape the success of ...

The researchers’ efforts reveal the flu virus’s replication mechanism and its essential structural bits, knowledge that is important for designing paninfluenza drugs.

As worries grow about the potential for a bird flu pandemic, leading virologists warn there's a rising threat from H5N1 and recommend steps to lower the risk.

Virologists across the globe are raising alarms over the spread of the H5N1 avian flu virus, which is now infecting not just birds, but cattle and humans. While the U.S. Centers for Disease ...