The virus often mutates by simply deleting small pieces of its genetic code. The mutations "disguise" the virus from ...

Avian influenza A (H5N1) has mutated, so the symptoms of bird flu could change as more people get sick in 2025.

The patient in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe bird flu illness was found to have a mutated version of the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced ...

Staying a step ahead of the avian influenza virus with surveillance, testing and research could mean the difference between a ...

Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the ...

Langley joins the FBI and Energy Department in agreeing that a lab leak is the most likely source of the pandemic.

A literary festival is more about dissecting prose and poetry than discussing pandemic preparedness. But at the ongoing ...

Reports of a flu-like virus called HMPV in China have sparked online misinformation, including posts with tens of thousands ...

Scientists have already identified that the virus mutated inside the Louisiana patient who died, raising concerns that bird flu may mutate, evolve and change in future. Currently, the symptoms of ...

As more cases of bird flu emerge across the country, public health leaders in New York City are watching warily -- and making ...

The UK Government announced an avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ) is to be extended across all of England from 12pm today ...

A number of bird flu cases have been reported in the Chicago area in recent weeks, leading to many questions about how quickly the virus is spreading and how worried residents should be.