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

Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the ...

Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the ...

Avian flu — or bird flu — is an influenza ... reassortment and mutations — basically for changes to the virus’s structure that could alter its characteristics. Those changes could make ...

Despite recent reports, officers in the CDC’s famed Epidemic Intelligence Service — often referred to as “disease detectives” ...

The members, which include, Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Chris Coons (D-DE) and Representatives Steve Womack (R-AR) and Jim Costa (D-CA) noted that more attention has been paid to the poultry ...

JERUSALEM, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- An outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza ... in a statement on Monday. The virus outbreak was detected at a six-structure coop in the Zorah village ...

Global Genes, the rare disease patient advocacy organization, has received a $1.5 million, two-year grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative  to advance its RARE-X patient data platform. This funding ...

NexPoint Hospitality Trust ("NHT" or the "REIT") wishes to remind its unitholders ("Unitholders") of the upcoming annual and special meeting (the "Meeting") to be held virtually on Friday, February 21 ...

Letter writers address the difficulty of finding affordable and suitable housing on the Seacoast; share views on NH and DC ...

There’s more to bird flu than expensive eggs. You may have noticed egg prices going up, and even eggs being scarce. Bird flu ...

The Agriculture Department’s Food Safety Inspection Service has rehired employees who were fired but work on bird flu issues, NBC News reported. Meanwhile, ag groups are reacting cautiously to a ...