Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? Have people in the U.S. contracted bird flu? We VERIFY the answers to common questions.

With the advent of cases of avian flu in southern New England, and the rise in egg prices due to limited supply as a result, ...

Suresh Mittal, Distinguished Professor of Virology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, presented “Universal Influenza Vaccine — An Aspiration or Reality?” at the Westwood Lecture Series on Jan. 28.

What is H5N9 and how is it different from H5N1? Scientists classify bird flu viruses by which kind of two key proteins are inside of them: the hemagglutinin, like H5 or H3, and th ...

The H5N1 Avian influenza is decimating bird populations around the world. More than 136 million birds have been affected in ...

Scientists Identify Mutation That Could Facilitate H5N1 'Bird Flu' Virus Infection and Potential Transmission in Humans Dec. 5, 2024 — Avian influenza viruses typically require several mutations ...

Several cats, wild and domestic, in the U.S. have contracted H5N1 avian influenza and died ... which is the case with the known transmission with bird flu for raw food products.

The first case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI ... which often act as carriers without showing symptoms. Transmission occurs through direct contact with infected birds, their droppings ...

In 2023, Moderna initiated a study on a “pandemic influenza vaccine” to protect against H5 and H7 avian influenza viruses ... Most of the recent H5N1 transmission has been among animals ...

CARBON COUNTY, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Game Commission is on high alert as the avian flu continues to spread to raptors and waterfowl across the commonwealth. One reason for that spread is the ...

A case of the bird flu (also known avian flu or H5N1) involving gamebirds has been confirmed in Spartanburg. The virus was first detected on Dec. 31 and has not been transmitted elsewhere in the ...

Avian flu has been found in three birds ... should avoid touching wild birds — a warning following the transmission of an avian flu strain to a teenager in B.C. "Transmission from birds to ...