Scientists have developed a simulation method incorporating quantum mechanics to model the electronic structure of nearly ...

Some viruses appear capable of bypassing vaccines designed to eradicate them. This phenomenon, already observed in several pathogens, could also concern avian flu. Sino-British researchers ...

A new strain of bird flu has been detected on a duck farm in California. The World Organisation for Animal Health reported ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu.

While Zika has been reported in more than 90 countries, surprisingly little is known about what exactly drives Zika ...

Scientists are concerned about the mutations happening in the H5N1 virus — more commonly known as bird flu. This week, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control warned that new mutations ...

Viruses are masters at disguise. When they are pushed too far by our immune system, they send new virus variants into play that are no longer recognized by immune cells. They escape our immune system ...

The team found that animals that had the virus inoculated directly into their lungs became severely ill, whereas animals that ...

The California duck farm's strain of H5N9 is different from those earlier cases because this time it is closely related to a ...

Experts say our cities have a valuable tool that can help us keep better tabs on the virus: sewage. While wastewater already ...

Rose Acre Farms, the nation's second largest egg producer, said yesterday that tests have confirmed avian flu at its facility ...

The only natural host of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is humans. Model organisms for laboratory studies, especially mice, ...