Existing flu antivirals may not work well against H5N1; avoiding raw milk and reducing dairy worker exposure may be the best ways to prevent infection. Scientists found that frequently used flu ...

Washington DC [US], March 22 (ANI): Scientists found that frequently used flu antivirals do not work well against the H5N1 avian influenza virus in cows' milk. Existing antivirals may be less ...

Avian influenza is “evolving in ways we haven’t seen before,” says Martha Nelson, a computational biologist and staff scientist researching pathogen evolution at the National Institutes of ...

Since 2022, H5N1 has been infecting chickens, cows, wild birds and cats — among several other animals. With a record number of human cases in the U.S., the situation is getting increasingly ...

A new study has found that the H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination. The research, led by UNC Charlotte, emphasizes the ...

(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, the spread of H5N1 bird flu has reached an unprecedented level, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture ...

Soon after the discovery of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) strain H5N1 in dairy cattle, scientists learned that milk was a primary vector in spreading the disease from cow to cow. Soon after ...

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With H5N1 avian influenza spreading in poultry flocks, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is pushing a new plan: let the virus rip. Kennedy recently told Fox News that ...

New computational modeling of avian influenza variants’ immunoprotein interactions – developed by a research team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte – reveals the H5N1 ...

An outbreak of influenza A (H5N1), “bird flu,” in humans started in the U.S. in March 2024, and as of March 2025, continues to be monitored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Peter Prokosch via Flickr A deadly strain of H5N1, commonly known as avian flu, has been found in birds across the Antarctic peninsula. Scientists are worried about the devastating impact the ...