Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...
Scientists have an idea of how bird flu would have to evolve in order to spread more easily among humans: A mutation in one protein on the virus' surface could help it bind better human cells. What ...
Scientists have discovered that H5N1, the strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus currently spreading in U.S. dairy cows, only needs a single mutation to readily latch on to human cells ...
Ten months on from the shocking discovery that a virus usually carried by wild birds can readily infect cows, at least 68 people in North America have become ill from the pathogen and one person has ...
Wealthy nations are purchasing vaccines against H5N1 influenza and boosting surveillance, but there are concerns that low-income countries will be left behind. As cases of avian influenza continue to ...
A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected. By Apoorva Mandavilli Apoorva Mandavilli ...
Sander van der Linden has engaged in consultancy for and received research funding from Google, the EU Commission, United Nations (UN), World Health Organization (WHO), Alfred Landecker Foundation, ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback