The US is reconsidering its bird flu strategy, potentially moving towards vaccination after years of culling infected flocks.

A new strain of avian flu, H5N1, has spread to dairy cows and domestic cats in the U.S., with a dairy worker in Nevada ...

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Lassa virus (LASV) glycoprotein complex (GPC) contains retained stable-signal peptide (SSP), glycoprotein 1 (GP1), and glycoprotein 2 (GP2).

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

International researchers warn that the ongoing mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to spread across borders more rapidly. The mpox virus has mutated, and the ...

However, another trend emerges: in areas where vaccination is widespread, the virus seems to evolve faster than in regions where it is less practiced. The researchers suggest that these mutations ...

It took 20 months for this mutation to be observed in the BA.2.86 variant ... tools in studying complex biological interactions and their potential for monitoring virus evolution and designing more ...

State health officials are seeking to confirm the vaccine status of the four self-reported cases, but no mutations of the ...

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape—to become either spheres or larger filaments—to favor their ...

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers wrote.

Viruses with mutations, that evade immune recognition more efficiently than the original virus will have a selective advantage and prevail over time, increasingly dominating the infection landscape.