Is It Time to Worry About Bird Flu?
H5N1 avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, has infected more than 100 million birds in the U.S. and almost 500 ...
New roles in infectious process for molecule that inhibits flu—study finds lack of immune protein increases risk
Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection—among them, raising ...
Bird Flu in Pigs Is One Step Closer to Endangering Humans
If a pig infected with human flu got infected with the H5N1 bird flu, a new virus could emerge with parts of both. That’d be ...
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Bird flu among pigs should worry humans too
Pigs remain at the centre of scientists’ nightmare scenario because commercial swine carry lots of human flu viruses. Their cells share enough features with ours that flu viruses can use some of ...
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A human bird flu case is thought to be found in Canada for the first time
A person has tested positive in British Columbia, Canadian health officials said, though the results must be sent to another ...
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Canadian Teen Hospitalized in Critical Condition With Bird Flu
Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in American dairy herds and poultry flocks, Canadian officials have announced ...
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CDC calls for expanded bird flu testing after blood tests reveal more human infections
It suggests that the virus has infected more humans than the 46 farmworkers identified ... a pig at an Oregon farm was ...