16 h. ago Bird flu virus is adapting to infect cows, Scots scientists warn

Researchers have warned that the disease can infect cow cells and tissues more effectively than older strains.

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2 w. ago 'Worrying' virus resistant to body's defense system... as experts warn of looming 'pandemic threat'

One of the body's key defenses against infection is a fever. Scientists say this may not work against rampaging virus.

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2 w. ago Vampire Bats found with deadly bird flu strain – as new pandemic fears grow

Boffins have warned a pandemic may be about to turn our world upside down after common vampire bats were found with a devastating strain of bird flu called the H5N1 virus

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2 w. ago Bird flu mutations risk causing pandemic 'worse than Covid', scientist warns

If the bird flu virus mutates, a leading scientist warns it could trigger a pandemic 'more severe' than Covid

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2 w. ago A person has died from the H5N5 bird flu strain. Here’s what we know

The infection is the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus

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3 w. ago US reports bird flu infection with H5N5 strain of virus never seen in humans before

Health officials in the US have reported the detection of the H5N5 bird flu strain in a human

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