Bird Flu Research News
May 21, 2024
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May 15, 2024 A small number of New York City wild birds carry highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, according to a recent ...
May 2, 2024 Researchers have found that a brain disorder associated with flu (influenza-associated encephalopathy, or IAE) can be caused by the influenza virus entering the brain from the blood via endothelial cells. In these cells, the researchers observed ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Humans pass on more viruses to domestic and wild animals than we catch from them, according to a major new analysis of viral ...
Feb. 13, 2024 Researchers have shed new light on how viral evolution, population immunity, and the co-circulation of other flu viruses shape seasonal flu ...
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Apr. 18, 2024 The annual influenza vaccine has become less effective on average over time. One reason may be reduced vaccine efficacy in people with obesity than ...
Mar. 1, 2024 Researchers have identified antibodies targeting a hard-to-spot region of the influenza virus, shedding light on the relatively unexplored 'dark side' of the neuraminidase (NA) protein head. The ...
Feb. 6, 2024 Influenza A viruses with induced resistance to a new candidate antiviral drug were found to be impaired in cell culture and weakened in animals, ...
Jan. 11, 2024 Scientists have long known that some viruses and bacteria begin infections by latching first onto sugar molecules on the surfaces of cells lining the ...
Nov. 15, 2023 Recently, morning omelets and holiday dinners have gotten more expensive. One likely cause is bird flu, outbreaks of which led to the deaths of millions of chickens and turkeys from infection or ...
Nov. 13, 2023 Despite national medical guidelines supporting the use of antiviral medications in young children diagnosed with influenza, a new study reports an ...
Oct. 9, 2023 New analysis of the remains of victims of the 1918 influenza pandemic, which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide, contradicts the ...
Sep. 29, 2023 Researchers have developed an improved way to test potential vaccines against bird ...
Sep. 13, 2023 During a bout of influenza, B cells interact with other immune cells and then take different paths to defend the body. One path is the B cells that ...
Sep. 5, 2023 A new study has shown that a subtype of avian flu virus, endemic in poultry farms in China, is undergoing mutational changes, which could increase ...
Earlier Headlines
Aug. 16, 2023 Researchers have found that molecules in vegetables like broccoli or cauliflower help to maintain a healthy barrier in the lung and ease ...
July 28, 2023 Scientists showed that fixed mutations within a viral population most likely stem from how easy it is to acquire that mutation (i.e., mutation accessibility) rather than just its ...
July 27, 2023 A new study of the strain of influenza A responsible for the 2009 H1N1 pandemic -- pdm09 -- shows that the virus has passed from humans to swine about 370 times since 2009, and subsequent circulation ...
July 24, 2023 While the incidence of influenza-associated neuropsychiatric events in children in the United States is unknown, the controversy over the use of a common antiviral medication typically administered ...
May 31, 2023 Influenza epidemics, caused by influenza A or B viruses, result in acute respiratory infection. They kill half a million people worldwide every year. These viruses can also wreak havoc on animals, as ...
May 30, 2023 Scientists found the virus strains that arrived in 2021 soon acquired genes from viruses in wild birds in North America. The resulting reassortant viruses have spread across the continent and caused ...
Study Shows Key Role for Human T Cells in the Control of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection
May 24, 2023 A new study has shown that human T cells have an important role to play in controlling ...
Apr. 19, 2023 A new study tracks arrival and spread of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) decimating wild birds, impacting poultry and pushing up egg prices. The team found that the deadly impact on wild ...
Apr. 13, 2023 New research has found that First Nations populations around the world are significantly more likely to be hospitalized and die from influenza compared to non-Indigenous ...
Mar. 28, 2023 Have a cough, sore throat and congestion? Any number of respiratory viruses could be responsible. Today, scientists report using a single-atom-thick nanomaterial to build a device that can ...
Mar. 22, 2023 Memory B cells play a critical role to provide long-term immunity after a vaccination or infection. Researchers have now described a distinct and novel subset of memory B cells that predict ...
Mar. 15, 2023 Researchers have found that an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was associated with the deaths of more than 330 New England harbor and gray seals along the North Atlantic coast in ...
Mar. 2, 2023 Bald eagles are often touted as a massive conservation success story due to their rebound from near extinction in the 1960s. But now a highly infectious virus may put that hard-fought comeback in ...
Jan. 30, 2023 By repurposing one of the human body's natural cargo transports, a research team has developed a vaccine platform that could curb certain engineering challenges, storage demands and side effects ...
Jan. 22, 2023 The unique genetics of the Australian black swan leaves the species vulnerable to viral illnesses such as avian flu, new research has ...
Jan. 11, 2023 Vaccines that provide long-lasting protection against influenza, coronaviruses and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have proved exceptionally difficult to develop. Researchers now explore the ...
Jan. 4, 2023 Researchers have revealed the effects of high pathogenicity avian influenza virus infection on an Ezo red fox and a Japanese raccoon dog, linking their infection to a recorded die-off of ...
Nov. 9, 2022 Finding a turkey this holiday season could be difficult because of avian flu outbreaks on farms. Migratory wild birds could be to blame for transmitting the virus to commercial flocks, but no one has ...
Nov. 2, 2022 As climate change threatens global food supplies, countries will need to increase the efficiency of food production, bringing about short-term gains, such as decreased deforestation, but long-term ...
Aug. 25, 2022 A new universal flu vaccine protects against diverse variants of both influenza A and B viruses in mice, according to a new ...
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- Study Shows Key Role for Human T Cells in the Control of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection