The virus has recently expanded in two ways: across regions and across species. Rather than being concentrated in Asia, bird ...
The recent appearance of the H5N1 bird flu in pigs does raise viral reassortment concerns. Here's what we know about this highly pathogenic avian influenza virus so far.
A teenager in Canada and a child in California have fallen ill without knowing how, after a first person in Missouri. Epidemiologists fear a low-level circulation of the virus that is causing an ...
We might be fine. Viruses don’t always manage to adapt to new species, despite all the opportunities. But if there is a bird ...
You may have encountered the term “bird flu” increasingly online and in the media. It refers to a highly pathogenic avian ...
The next pandemic could come from one of 1,650 pathogens that experts say need to be studied closely in the search for the ...
Last year avian influenza brought death to the picturesque island of South Georgia off Antarctica. This season scientists ...
The H5N1 bird flu outbreak in the U.S. has so far been shockingly mild. Researchers have some theories as to why.