FILE PHOTO: Dead ducks are hung at a farm in the outskirts of Phnom Penh (Reuters) - The viruses that infected two people in Cambodia with H5N1 avian influenza have been identified as an endemic clade ...

In recent years, there has been growing concern over the H5N1 influenza virus. It was first identified in birds three decades ago and has now gradually found its way to humans. H5N1 is a strain of the ...

Although development of a jab for the H5N1 strain of avian flu is well under way, other strains are receiving less attention ...

In a recent study published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, researchers investigated the genetic origin, distribution patterns, and antigenicity of two deceased migrating swans from China ...

A flurry of reports about the genetics of the bird flu currently infecting U.S. cattle are offering insight into how the virus has and continues to spread. Since it first emerged in late 2020, this ...

In 2025, infectious diseases resurged globally due to climate change, conflict, and declining vaccination coverage. Bird flu, ...

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C Raina MacIntyre receives funding from NHMRC (L3 Investigator grant and Centre for Research Excellence) and MRFF (Aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 experimentally and in an intensive care setting) ...

The report, published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, describes a 49-year-old man who presented to a Madrid clinic in October 10, 2025, with a single genital ulcer and swollen, ...

Feb 26 (Reuters) - The viruses that infected two people in Cambodia with H5N1 avian influenza have been identified as an endemic clade of bird flu circulating in the country, the U.S. Centers for ...