New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

“The average bird flu virus is not very good at all at sticking to the cells in our mucous membrane, ... to have been the result of reassortment between avian, swine and human influenza viruses.

A recent outbreak of bird flu, also known as avian influenza or H5N1, in parts of India, including Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana, has raised concerns. This highly contagious viral disease ...

The virus, which is better known as the avian influenza virus and is mostly prevalent in birds, spreading through dairy farms across America for much of 2024, appears to be breaching species ...

hnRNPM regulates influenza A virus replication through distinct mechanisms in human and avian cells: implications for cross-species transmission, Journal of Virology, 99, 6, (2025). https://doi ...

Instead, it prefers "avian-type receptors" deep in the lungs and in the mucus membranes around the eyes, which seems to explain why many recent human cases have presented as conjunctivitis.

What’s next for avian flu? Genetic tests of California farmworkers could reveal viral evolution Scientists sequence the genomes of bird flu virus found this week in two sick dairy workers.

H5N1 is a specific strain of influenza A virus, also known as bird flu. The avian flu is a highly contagious respiratory disease that primarily affects birds, but can also infect other animals ...

According to the CDC, Bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses that usually spread between birds, not people. Most human cases of bird flu in the U.S. have been mild so far, ...

Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can cause flu in birds and sometimes spread to mammals, including humans. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks) are ...

Since reaching North America in late 2021, H5N1 avian influenza has infected more than 700 dairy herds and sickened 58 people in the United States. Most of the people infected were farm workers ...

Latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates’ report continue to show impact on egg and poultry production.