Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health has confirmed that a child patient diagnosed with encephalitis caused by the avian influenza virus A/H5N1 is currently receiving treatment at Children’s ...

Since 1959 the avian flu virus H5N1 has been popping up around the globe. Now scientists believe it could spark the next pandemic. Along the untamed coast of southern Victoria, where thyme rice ...

Scientists have raised fears, however, that if a person becomes infected with both bird flu and seasonal flu, the H5N1 virus could mutate into a strain that can be transferred from human to human ...

Bird Flu News: After battling the deadly pandemic-causing COVID-19 virus for over 5 years, the United States is now grappling with the highly transmissible H5N1 virus or bird flu virus.

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. In 2024, as zoos were hit hard by H5N1 bird flu, big cats were particularly affected: tigers, lions, a cheetah, and a panther all died after being ...

Bird Flu In India: As India continues to grapple with rising cases of H5N1, also known as Bird Flu infections, experts have warned that this virus has the potential to trigger another COVID-like ...

India’s ongoing battle with bird flu has taken a serious turn, as the deadly H5N1 virus—once largely restricted to poultry—has begun infecting a wide range of non-avian species, including ...

Samples of a two-year-old girl from Palnadu district’s Narasaraopeta, who died of multi-organ failure at AIIMS-Mangalagiri on March 16, tested positive for H5N1 virus. The confirmation from ...

Since its first description in 1959 in Scottish poultry farms, the A(H5N1) virus was subsequently identified in 1996 in intensively reared ducks and chickens from China, with the first human infection ...

to address unmet medical needs for the prevention of disease caused by pandemic influenza A virus H5N1. The FDA's fast-track program is designed to facilitate the development and expedite the ...