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

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

The B.C. ostrich farmers who lost dozens of birds in an outbreak of avian flu last winter will be heading to the Federal ...

A study published in Science Advances provides a comprehensive phylogenetic and phylogeographic analysis of the North American outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1), which was ...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Health recently confirmed the country’s twelfth human case of H5N1 avian influenza so far this year ...

Cambodia's Ministry of Health recently confirmed the country's twelfth human case of H5N1 avian influenza so far this year.

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

The University of Minnesota is stepping up efforts to identify biological threats that could trigger an epidemic, launching an institute to track disease-spreading infectious pathogens at the genetic ...

Here's the situation: WHY DOES THE CFIA WANT THE BIRDS CULLED? The CFIA says allowing an exposed flock to live increases the risk of reassortment or mutation of the virus, particularly because the ...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Canada's national poultry sectors have been responding to detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Canada since December 2021 ...

He concurred with several who worry about “reassortment,” a phenomenon where two different viruses infecting the same cell may swap genetic material, allowing changes that can help them make ...

A reassortment in cats could technically be possible since these pets occasionally get seasonal flu, but it’s highly unlikely.