Influenza presents a global health challenge due to its rapidly changing RNA genome. These mutations can result in serious health and economic consequences. To effectively manage outbreaks, reliable ...

India is facing renewed concern over Nipah virus in West Bengal and bird flu in Bihar. While both are zoonotic diseases, Nipah virus is deadlier for humans, with a fatality rate of 40–75% and no ...

A HUMAN bird flu vaccine trial has begun for the first time in a bid to prepare for the next pandemic. British scientists funded by the government have given experimental jabs to the first ...

The H5N1 strain of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza continues to infect poultry in Arkansas and across the country.

Two veterinary department staffers involved in culling operations developed flu-like symptoms and were isolated as a ...

Over 150,000 chickens were culled in Maharashtra after an H5N1 bird flu outbreak. While ICMR and NCDC are monitoring, no human cases are reported. Experts assert human-to-human transmission is rare, ...

More than 44 peacocks were found dead in the Tumakuru district of Karnataka between April 16 and 21. A report in TOI stated that tests confirmed the presence of H5N1 avian influenza, which is a strain ...