The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.

Investigators found the virus in two indoor cats living ... H5N1 testing to rabies programs is a passive structure. Given the pandemic risk from H5N1, active surveillance of companion animals ...

Catani and colleagues provide data on antigenic properties of neuraminidase proteins of pandemic H1N1 and show that antigenic diversity of the neuraminidase from 2009 to 2020 largely falls into two ...

The Trump administration has not staffed an office established by Congress to prepare the nation for future pandemics, ...

Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...

A component found in all fungi may provide a shield that prevents flu-related lung damage, according to a new Canadian study.

If H5N1 gains the ability to transmit efficiently among mammals, it could pose a significant threat to both pet and public health. Experts warn that mutations in the virus's genetic structure ...

As bird flu spreads, and Team Trump begins dismantling America’s public health apparatus, a former FBI scientist and investigator speaks out about the evidence that led the bureau to suspect that ...

For example, a leading goal of the response now is to bring down egg prices, rather than tackling the spread of the virus or preparing ... order that laid out the structure of his National ...

A pair of beloved peregrine falcons that have made the top of U.C. Berkeley’s iconic Campanile bell tower their home hasn’t been seen since early January — and experts fear the spread of H5N1 bird flu ...