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

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

The influenza A virus genome consists of eight segments of single-stranded, negative-sense viral RNA, which encode multiple ...

Flu cases are through the roof across the US right now. And, while cold and flu season always packs a punch, it feels like ...

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

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

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 ...

Dec. 16, 2024 — To fight the virus that causes influenza, one of the avenues being explored by scientists is the development of drugs capable of destabilizing its genome, made up of RNA molecules.

A new strain of bird flu, the D1.1 variant, has been detected in a dairy worker in Nevada, marking the first human case of ...

Three ducks at the Queens Zoo and up to 12 birds at the Bronx Zoo have died after exposure to the highly contagious bird flu.

Migrant farmworkers are on the front lines of the H5N1 surge — but deportation fears complicate virus surveillance ...