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  • BiologyPossible Evidence Of Avian Influenza Vaccination Promoting Virus Evolution

    Possible evidence of avian influenza vaccination promoting virus evolution

    Temporal dynamics in the divergence and adaptive fixation of H5 AIV HA genes in different host-specific lineages. Credit: Science Advances (2025). doi:10.1126/sciadv.ado9140 A team of virologists, infectious disease experts, and pathobiologists from several institutions in China and the United Kingdom has found possible evidence that avian influenza vaccination is accelerating the evolution of the virus. In their study published in…

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  • BiologySeabird "food Theft" Could Be Source Of Deadly Avian Flu

    Seabird “food theft” could be source of deadly avian flu

    Credit: Kindel Media from Pexels The deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus, which has killed millions of birds around the world since 2021 and can rarely infect humans, could spread through the food-stealing behaviour of some seabirds. A study published in the journal Conservation Letters suggests that food theft, also known as “kleptoparasitism,” in which some seabirds such as frigatebirds and…

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