The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to ...

Nevada just confirmed its first human case of avian flu from infected cattle. Nevada’s first case was found in Churchill ...

As cases of seasonal influenza surge, health officials are closely monitoring a growing threat—the potential fusion of human and bird flu strains.

Highly pathogenic H5N5 avian flu has been detected in a backyard poultry flock in Newfoundland and Labrador, according to ...

The Allegheny Front’s Kara Holsopple talked about the risks with Dr. Justin Brown, DVM, PhD, a Penn State professor and ...

China has reported two more human infections involving H9N2 avian flu, and, unlike most earlier patients, the latest are ...

Originally found mostly in wild birds and poultry, H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1, was discovered in dairy cattle last ...

Human infection with avian influenza is rare and usually ... have the potential to adapt to humans as well. The influenza virus has a genome made up of eight distinct RNA segments, much like ...

The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected ... Flu viruses have eight segments of their genome. When two different flu viruses infect a cell at the same time, they can swap ...

The veterinarian notified the ODA of the suspected avian influenza case ... While a complete genome sequence is pending, preliminary tests confirm the H5N1 virus the cat contracted was not ...