Vijayawada: A regional surveillance centre for influenza has been proposed for Guntur Medical College. The central team of experts, who carried out an investigation to find out the origin and ...

Bird Flu In India: As India continues to grapple with rising cases of H5N1, also known as Bird Flu infections, experts have warned that this virus has the potential to trigger another COVID-like ...

A team of scientists found that the H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu, is becoming more adept at infecting mammals. That includes cows and, to date, at least 64 people, according to the U.S ...

There were 178 fires sparked by Edison equipment last year, up from 107 in 2015, even though the utility has spent billions of dollars to prevent them, including $1.9 billion last year. Edison’s ...

Since 1959 the avian flu virus H5N1 has been popping up around the globe. Now scientists believe it could spark the next pandemic. Along the untamed coast of southern Victoria, where thyme rice ...

The H3N8 virus is a different subtype of influenza A not related to the H5N1 version currently spreading in wild birds and poultry worldwide. It first appeared on the North American continent and ...

Government and academic geneticists have been tracking that possibility in H5N1 for decades, but so far, no such mutations have been found. Of course, we could just quit looking for those H5N1 ...

In late February, for example, forecasters analyzing the spread of H5N1 bird flu said people who come “in contact with potentially infected animals or contaminated surfaces or fluids” faced a ...

Good biosecurity can help prevent bird flu from being introduced to farms in the first place. H5N1 bird flu — the type causing the current outbreak in the U.S. — spreads rapidly in chickens ...