The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to ...

"We have a lot of influenza going around and influenza is engineered to really swap genes with each other and they can pick up tricks," Chin-Hong told HealthDay. "And some of those tricks include ...

When the H5N1 bird flu virus jumps from animals into people, it hits a dead end. Missing the key genes that would help it ...

Rzs and Dz are also being explored as additional mechanisms for gene silencing in many viruses including influenza and have shown their potential in controlling these viruses. Although ...

The California duck farm's strain of H5N9 is different from those earlier cases because this time it is closely related to a ...

Ohio has been seeing a resurgence of influenza in recent weeks as hospitals in the Dayton region are reporting long wait times for their emergency rooms. Hospitals locally and throughout Ohio are also ...

The virus was reported in a commercial flock of ducks. It’s the first time the subtype has been detected in the United States ...

“If a version of bird flu had a gene mutation that allowed it to spread easily between people, it could cause a pandemic,” the Cleveland Clinic says. But that hasn’t happened yet, and ...

(Reassortment is the process by which influenza viruses swap gene segments, according to the National Institutes of Health.) With influenza viruses, scientists name them based on the Hs and Ns ...

“If a version of bird flu had a gene mutation that allowed it to spread easily between people, it could cause a pandemic,” the Cleveland Clinic says. But that hasn’t happened yet, and scientists don’t ...