Tag: Flu
Flu Cases Surge Early in Japan, Sparking Global Health Concerns
October 17, 20252 min readFlu Cases Surge Early in Japan, Sparking Global Health ConcernsSchool closures and hospitalizations from an unexpected early spike in...
Bird Flu and Human Flu Viruses Could Mix in Cow Udders...
September 25, 20254 min readCow Udders Could Brew Up Dangerous New Bird Flu StrainsCells in cow udders could act as a site for...
Bird Flu Could Be Spreading through the Air on Dairy Farms,...
Bird Flu on Dairy Farms May Be Airborne After AllInfectious bird flu virus was found in milk, on equipment, within wastewater and aerosolized...
How Influenza Reassortment May Make Bird Flu More Dangerous
Gene-Swaps Could Let Influenza Jump SpeciesInfluenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in...
Bird Flu Is out of the News but Still Circulating
For months, bird flu was seemingly everywhere in the U.S.: news headlines reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus was rapidly sweeping...
Could Bird Flu Spread between Humans? Here’s What It Would Take
H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally caused isolated human...
Bird Flu Is Killing Wildlife, and Experts Fear the Ecological Toll
25,669 Northern Gannets in Canada.134 harbor and gray seals along the coast of Maine.21 California Condors in the western U.S.These are just a...
Creating Bird Flu Vaccines for Humans at a Biosecure Laboratory
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. This is the final episode of our three-part series on bird flu.(You can...
How Bird Flu Went from Devastating Poultry Farms to Infecting Dairy...
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to part two of our three-part series on the battle against...
Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early Test
Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early TestResearchers have tested an mRNA vaccine against avian influenza in calves with promising resultsBy Humberto Basilio...
