Rzs and Dz are also being explored as additional mechanisms for gene silencing in many viruses including influenza and have shown their potential in controlling these viruses. Although ...

The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to ...

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape -- to become either spheres or larger filaments -- to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions, according ...

The strain of bird flu is distinct from what has previously been found in dairy cattle. The finding raises some worrying ...

When the H5N1 bird flu virus jumps from animals into people, it hits a dead end. Missing the key genes that would help it ...

The bill would implement a moratorium for a decade. “I am not against vaccination in any way,” the freshman lawmaker said.

Ohio has been seeing a resurgence of influenza in recent weeks as hospitals in the Dayton region are reporting long wait times for their emergency rooms. Hospitals locally and throughout Ohio are also ...

The California duck farm's strain of H5N9 is different from those earlier cases because this time it is closely related to a ...

“If a version of bird flu had a gene mutation that allowed it to spread easily between people, it could cause a pandemic,” the Cleveland Clinic says. But that hasn’t happened yet, and ...

In the near future, gene silencing against influenza viruses may also be successfully applied in antiviral therapeutics. There are several bottlenecks in the successful application of gene ...