Scientific American

This Overlooked Bird Flu Strain Might Be the Next Pandemic Risk

Experiments suggests H9N2 has adapted to human cells, but cases of person-to-person transmission haven’t been reported yet ...

Bird flu virus has 'everything it takes to trigger a pandemic,' warns WHO virologist

"In principle, the H5N1 virus has everything it takes to trigger a pandemic," says virologist Klaus Stöhr in a report. Bird ...
Forbes

Tracking Bird Flu Through Poop In Places No One’s Looking

In a bid to get ahead of the next global flu pandemic, scientists have turned to a surprising tool: bird poop. In remote parts of the Indian Ocean and Oceania — regions often neglected during global ...
Yahoo

How Influenza Reassortment May Make Bird Flu More Dangerous

Influenza viruses are shifty entities. They accumulate small genetic changes on a regular basis, necessitating yearly updates to the flu vaccines because the prior year’s strain may not look much like ...
STAT

New study advances theory on why most U.S. bird flu cases have so far been mild

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...
WGN Radio

NanoViricides is in a Great Position to Fight Potential Bird Flu Pandemic with a Drug that the Mercurial H5N1 Influenza A Virus is Unlikely to Escape

SHELTON, CT / ACCESSWIRE / December 23, 2024 / NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE American:NNVC) (the "Company"), says that its broad-spectrum antiviral drug candidate NV-387 is the best weapon to fight a ...