A new study by biologists from the Scripps Research Institute shows that a bird flu virus is just a single mutation away from ...

Scientists are investigating a mutation in the H5N1 avian influenza virus, raising concerns about a potential human pandemic.

According to a new study published in the journal Science by Scripps Research Institute biologists, the avian H5N1 virus has ...

A Californian recently became the first child in the U.S. to be infected. It looks like a matter of when, not if, this will ...

NIH-funded study concludes that the risk of human infection remains low A recent study published in Science and funded by the ...

The Scripps Research Institute finding counters prevailing thought that the virus would require multiple mutations before it ...

California researchers suggest the virus’ path to becoming a threat to humans is much shorter than previously believed.

The potential mutation would allow the avian influenza virus sweeping through dairy herds to attach to a receptor protein on ...

As the number of human bird flu cases continues to rise and more dairy farms across the country report outbreaks, scientists ...

“The emergence of a bovine H5N1 virus capable of recognizing human receptors may be closer than previously thought,” ...

Recent study reveals H5N1 mutations enhancing human receptor binding, highlighting pandemic risks and the need for vigilant ...

This work is published in Science in the paper, “A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors.” Influenza viruses attach to cells using ...