The studies offered valuable confirmation that the bird flu virus had the potential to spark a human pandemic ... was the original gain-of-function poster child,” Casadevall said.

Phase 1 pharmacokinetic profile supports the potential for tivoxavir marboxil to be a one-time treatment for flu, including pandemic and avian flu, with good overall tolerability NEWTOWN ...

Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious ...

The first person in the U.S. just died from a strain of the virus in Louisiana, but there’s still some simple ways to stay ...

“I don’t know if the bird flu will become a pandemic, but if it does, we are screwed.” To understand how the bird flu got out of hand, KFF Health News interviewed nearly 70 government ...

Samples taken from the first patient who died from bird flu show that a strain of the virus has “mutated” to infect humans ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are keeping a close eye on "red flags" relating to the bird flu and whether the illness might develop into a pandemic, according to a report.

Although the risk of an avian influenza pandemic is very low, I will never say never. It is very important that we take measures to reduce the risk of exposure to not give the virus the chance to ...

The aggressive strain or “clade” has devastated global wildlife since 2021 and poses the greatest pandemic threat from avian influenza since the virus was first detected 28 years ago.