The vaccine, which will not be available immediately, would be given to birds to prevent transmission of the virus.

In a research letter published this week in Emerging Microbes & Infections, researchers at the Canada Food Inspection Agency ...

A mutation of bird flu virus, which is able to enhance the ability of the infection to infect mammals, has been identified in Sakhalin region of the Russian Federation, reports Rospotrebnadzor.

We’re more concerned even than usual, because this bird flu already has developed the genetic capacity to get into a number of other mammals: seals, mink, foxes, cats and most prominently, and ...

Since 2021, experts have seen bird flu — also called H5 influenza or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — spreading "fairly quickly" across the wild and domestic bird populations and, now, among ...