Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. H5N1 bird flu has been making a lot of headlines since last year, and for good reason: since March 2024 this subtype of ...

Missouri residents will likely never know the name of the first state resident ever to test positive for bird flu, but the now year-old case is still causing concern throughout the public health world ...

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 ...

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