Scientists warn that H5N1 bird flu is one mutation away from easily spreading among humans.

Researchers from the Scripps Research Institute published in Science that the avian H5N1 virus is merely one mutation away from efficiently infecting humans. This mutation involves changing an amino acid at a specific site, potentially allowing the virus to bind to human cells. While the virus currently infects birds and occasionally humans, this shift could make it highly transmissible among humans, posing a pandemic risk.

December 15, 2024
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