BENGALURU: Three decades after the H5N1 influenza virus was first detected in birds, scientists say a particular branch of ...

Pigs can host both bird and human flu viruses, which can make them a dangerous "mixing bowl." Flu season can also heighten the risk of mutations and eventual human transmission of H5N1.

In a new study — published Friday, Aug. 1, in bioRxiv — researchers analyzed 14 dairy farms from two California regions. They ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have warned that the H5N1 bird flu virus is developing mutations that could make it more capable of infecting humans. The study, led by Dr ...

The St. Jude researchers tested a panel of these viruses from dairy cows, finding they had more molecular and biological ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

Bird flu is a concern in India. The government confirmed 41 outbreaks across 10 states in 2025. Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — It’s spring, the birds are migrating and bird flu (H5N1) is rapidly evolving into the possibility of a human pandemic. On May 7, researchers from the University of ...

SATURDAY, April 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Bird flu is changing fast and could become more dangerous to humans, new research from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte suggests.

The H5N1 bird flu has been spreading widely among wild birds, poultry and other animals around the world for several years, and starting early last year became a problem in people and cows in the U.S.

“It seems the risk for human infection is very low… [but] this is a rapidly evolving situation.” The U.S. has dealt with bird flu transmission to humans in the past in 2002 and 2003 ...

But it's rare for the bird flu to be transferred from one human to another, according to the AAFP. In order to do so, the virus must transform into a human flu virus.