Britain has recently seen a rise in the number of H5N1 influenza cases, with one case confirmed in a human being yesterday.

"The extremely high mutation rates of viruses are not matched by any other organism in the kingdom of life," researchers noted in a 2016 study published in the journal Viral Pathogenesis.

In this study, Cheng et al., show that heparin sodium modulates Cas12 cleavage activity and apply a one pot system to detect clinical influenza A virus and SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater.

The discovery of Hendra foreshadowed three decades of emerging infectious diseases dominated by bat-borne zoonotic viruses – ...

Researchers used computer modeling to predict which components of cigarette smoke might be recognized by antigen-presenting molecule MR1.

The route for cow-to-human transmission so far has been undetermined, and the researchers wanted to use the monkeys— a surrogate model for human infection—to investigate the pathogenesis of different ...

Nearly 119,000 birds have been culled at a farm in California after a bird flu called H5N9 was detected among the poultry ...

Pasteurization at 63°C and 72°C effectively inactivates influenza A viruses in milk, ensuring its safety for human ...

H5N9 is “not commonly seen in poultry in general,” says Eman Anis, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu.

RSV, respiratory syncytial virus, usually peaks in December and January while infecting the nose, throat and lungs, usually ...