Initial testing had indicated the teenager’s infection was from bird flu and was confirmed in further testing, the Public ...

Nuzzo said there are other hypotheses — which she stressed are just hypotheses — including one that posits people who were ...

Viruses work by taking control of our cells and carefully reprogramming them into machines to make more viruses. Because of ...

When sialic acid is absent, the sugar chains attach to receptors (yellow) that promote inflammation, exacerbating the ...

A teen in Canada may be the first person to catch an H5 bird flu virus within the country. Health officials are now working ...

The H5N1 strain of avian flu is now passing easily among South America's elephant seals and drastically cutting herd ...

In 2023, a highly pathogenic bird flu leapt to seals in South America, killing some 17,000 elephant seal pups (about 97 ...

No FDA-approved rapid tests exist that specifically test for H5N1, and the first near-point-of-care test for mpox was ...

Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is a serious respiratory illness that is easily spread from person to person. While anyone can get the flu, some people are at increased risk for developing ...

Pigs were the source of the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009-2010. Once an avian virus like H5N1 gets into a pig, it can mix with other viruses — a process known as reassortment — and pick up the ...

Pigs can be infected with multiple types of flu, and the animals can play a role in making bird viruses better adapted to ...