In 2024, as zoos were hit hard by H5N1 bird flu, big cats were particularly affected: tigers, lions, a cheetah, and a panther ...

This isn’t just an animal health crisis — it’s a risk to public health. When animals consume foods containing live virus, ...

The 114 commercial outbreaks in South Dakota have led to the death or intentional killing of more than 6 million turkeys, chickens and other birds.

Genetic reshuffling — aka antigenic shift — between a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza and a strain of human influenza could create a new strain that's even more infectious among ...

Computational modelling of immunoprotein interactions of variants of avian influenza has shown that H5N1 virus has begun to ...

The viruses that cause avian influenza are potential threats to global health. Recent animal outbreaks from a subtype called H5N1 have been especially troubling to scientists. Although human ...

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 59-year-old man in Mexico was reported Wednesday to be the first person ever to die of avian flu ... confirmed human case of infection with A(H5N2) subtype of bird flu reported globally and ...

March 24 (Reuters) - Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of people, raising concerns that it may lead to human-to ...

“We’re afraid this virus could cause a human pandemic because humans have very little immunity against this particular avian flu virus ... “It can jump species, so anytime there ...