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Health experts have been sounding the alarm about the potential pandemic threat posed by bird flu, which has been showing ...

A new study has flagged the potential for a strain of bird flu to become the next human pandemic, after a string of infections across the US.

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A recently dead harbor seal at Letnikof Cove is missing its head. Well, most of it. The skull bones are still there and ...

Avian influenza ... could enhance the virus' ability to attach to human cells, potentially increasing the risk of passing from person to person. The findings -- published in Science on December ...

A single modification in the protein found on the surface of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 influenza virus currently circulating in U.S. dairy cows could allow for easier ...

A single modification in the protein found on the surface of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 influenza virus currently ... today in the journal Science. The study results ...

The recent appearance of the H5N1 bird flu in pigs does raise viral reassortment concerns. Here's what we know about this ...

The potential mutation would allow the avian influenza virus sweeping through dairy herds to attach to a receptor protein on ...