Kleptoparasitism, in which a bird harasses another to steal its food, might introduce avian flu to the continent, currently ...

A study out of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has found that high-pathogenicity avian influenza virus (HPAIV) H5N1 ...

If seabirds can catch avian flu by stealing food from infectious birds, it gives scientists a clue where to monitor for outbreaks among these vulnerable birds.

The H5N1 virus, initially restricted to Eurasia and Africa, has since spread to North and South America and even reached Antarctica in early 2024.

A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers ...

The deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus, which has killed millions of birds worldwide since 2021 – and in rare cases can be ...

The deadly bird flu virus, H5N1, has been detected in the wastewater of 10 Texas cities, signaling a silent spread that could ...

There is no current threat of the bird flu becoming a pandemic, but the partnership aims to prepared for any situation.

Unprecedented levels of the bird flu virus have been detected in wastewater samples from across Texas, raising alarms that the disease is adapting to infect a new host.

Federal officials are still trying to determine how a Missouri resident with no known exposure to bird flu, contracted the ...

Unprecedented levels of the bird flu virus have been detected in wastewater samples from across Texas, raising alarms that the disease is adapting to infect a new host ... of the study's co ...

They found that a specific type of immune cell, called T follicular helper cells, indirectly controls the anti-influenza response. ... New Two-Step ... Animal Study Finds July 31, 2024 — A ...