A highly pathogenic version of avian influenza virus, commonly referred to as bird flu, was detected in wild birds in the ...

Concerns about the virus's wider spread are rising, particularly since this new version, Clade Ib, has a much higher death rate of 3 per cent compared to the 0.2 per cent associated with the Clade ...

In August, the NIH announced that tecovirimat also did not reduce the duration of lesions among children and adults with clade I mpox, another strain of the virus that caused an outbreak in ...

Bethesda, Maryland Saturday, March 15, 2025, 10:00 Hrs [IST] ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus was identified in 2 symptomatic indoor domestic cats from homes of Michigan dairy workers.

The virus comes from the 1a strain of mpox ... "We have seen a new variant of Clade 1a with APOBEC3 that has been detected, and unlike the old 1a variant, this one has got high potential for ...

Dr. Lior Chernick, an infectious disease specialist at Chris Hani Barangwanath Hospital, advises people to be ready but not ...

The virus exists in two primary forms: clade 1 and clade 2. The newer clade 1b variant, first detected in eastern DRC in September 2023, has proven particularly worrisome due to its enhanced ...