A "human wave" of North Korean soldiers fighting on Russia's side in the Ukraine war are being sent to their deaths in futile ...

A new mutation and the first severe case of H5N1 bird flu discovered in a human in Louisiana has raised concern among some ...

Results from the genome sequencing confirmed that the virus recovered from the raw pet food and infected cat were exact matches to each other.

We begin in Louisiana, where the state has freed its citizens to Do Their Own Research, because they’re going to have free time while they’re laid up with the flu. From NPR: A group of high-level ...

Tiny genetic alterations could help the bird flu virus enter cells in the upper respiratory tract, the C.D.C. said. But there ...

A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the first severe case of the ...

A genetic analysis of viral samples from a patient in Louisiana hospitalized with the first severe case of bird flu showed ...

The virus has spread among dairy cattle, humans and other mammals. But officials say the current public health risk is low.

The CDC's analysis revealed changes in the hemagglutinin (HA) gene, a critical component for the virus's ability to attach to ...

Scientists are warning the public about bird flu after a patient in Louisiana showed mutations that could increase the transmission of the virus.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed ...

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly pathogenic strain of bird flu started its rapid global spread in 2020. But ...