Single bird flu mutation could let it latch easily to human cells, study finds
The potential mutation would allow the avian influenza virus sweeping through dairy herds to attach to a receptor protein on the surface of our cells.
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Suspected bird flu case in Wisconsin: Health officials monitor exposure
Birds on the affected property will be depopulated to prevent disease spread, and the premises is under movement restrictions ...
Wisconsin detects state's first human case of bird flu
The Department of Health Services in Wisconsin has reported the state's first human case of the bird flu. The agency on ...
What Is Severe Bird Flu and How Concerned Should I Be? Infectious Disease Doctors Explain H5N1
At baseline, bird flu is usually severe in humans. Of the 863 reported H5N1 bird flu cases reported worldwide between 2003 and 2021, 456 ended in death, according to data from the World Health ...
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What an infectious disease doctor has to say about the bird flu
Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University, joined Scripps News to talk ...
What Are The Symptoms Of Bird Flu? An Infectious Disease Expert Explains
The CDC didn’t share information on the symptoms this particular patient has experienced. But these are common bird flu ...
Bird flu could be ‘one pig away’ from ‘a big threat’ pathologists say
Pathologists said in a press conference Friday they are encouraged by laboratory preparedness for a potential outbreak of ...