Influenza is viewed by infectious disease specialists as the pathogen with the highest pandemic potential, according to ...

Influenza is still the biggest threat to global health as WHO raises fears about the spread of avian strain ...

The first signs that H5N1 avian flu was starting to spread from person to person would trigger a race to produce massive ...

The majority of infectious disease experts from around the world have ranked influenza as the top pathogen of concern in ...

The World Health Organization's chief scientist has expressed his 'enormous concern' as the number of species affected by ...

The catastrophe was the latest in a bird flu epidemic that has whipped around the world since 2020, prompting authorities on multiple continents to kill poultry and other birds by the millions.

News that Midwestern dairy cows may have become infected with avian flu by eating poultry waste has many asking: What are ...

Interactions Between Flu Subtypes Predict Epidemic Severity More Than Virus Evolution Feb. 13, 2024 — Researchers have shed new light on how viral evolution, population immunity, and the co ...

They pointed out that the virus may be nearing a critical threshold that could spark a global epidemic ... is a group of related bird flu viruses. The H5N1 is considered highly pathogenic because ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of food safety, a new challenge has emerged – an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza ...

Australia is one of the last places on the planet free from high pathogenicity bird flu. But authorities warn there's an increased risk of an outbreak here as scientists say the world is in an animal ...