Some birds at The Bronx and Queens Zoo have died due to avian influenza, a spokesperson for the Wildlife Conservation Society confirmed Friday evening. Officials ...
The good news—for now—is that the CDC hasn’t detected any person-to-person spread and says avian influenza ... “For example, if a human gets infected with a bird flu and also carries ...
You probably remember the swine flu pandemic of 2009, caused by a previously unknown H1N1 virus that contained swine, human, and avian genes ... because of its jump to dairy cattle.
Single Mutation in H5N1 Influenza Surface Protein Could Enable Easier Human Infection Dec. 6, 2024 — A single modification in the protein found on the surface of the highly pathogenic avian ...
That said, with cases of H5N1 in humans rising, the discovery highlights the need for proactive surveillance of evolution in H5N1 and similar avian flu strains and that even a single mutation ...