As the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues, scientists are working to better understand the virus's threat to human ...

H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.

New computational modeling of avian influenza variants' immunoprotein interactions—developed by a research team at the ...

Now, new work suggests that prior exposure to specific types of seasonal influenza viruses promotes cross-reactive immunity against the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Older adults who were exposed to ...

Soon after the discovery of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) strain H5N1 in dairy cattle, scientists learned that ...

In two recent interviews on Fox News, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed concerns about H5N1 avian influenza in the U.S., raising alarm among public health and infectious disease experts.

By most indications, the avian influenza outbreak that has washed over U.S. farms is at an ebb. Experts don’t seem hopeful, ...

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Friday that the H5N1 virus was discovered in meat from a single cull dairy cow as part of testing of 96 dairy cows. APHIS said the meat ...

with the lot code/"best by" date of 11.15.2026, as these products have "the potential to contain H5N1, also known as bird ... Iowa, for virus isolation testing" — and the product was taken ...

In 1997, avian influenza virus (H5N1) caused severe human disease in Hong Kong. One of 9 infected children and 5 of 9 infected adults died. Investigators hypothesized that this virus is lethal ...

A United Nations food agency warned that the continued spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus is an unprecedented food security risk that requires a coordinated global response. In a briefing held on ...