When the H5N1 bird flu virus jumps from animals into people, it hits a dead end. Missing the key genes that would help it infect humans, it isn’t causing a pandemic. But if the virus suddenly ...

The more common H5N1 strain was also found at the same farm, which is located in Merced County, according to reports. Health agencies are conducting "comprehensive epidemiological investigations ...

Here's what you need to know about the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, and what bird flu might mean to you, your chickens and pets. Bird flu is an influenza A virus that causes respiratory ...

This image shows the H5N1 avian flu under a microscope. The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in dairy cattle and ...

Officials with the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, Inc. on Thursday confirmed the deaths of the birds were caused by H5N1 bird flu. It's believed they were infected when the father ...

Authorities have begun testing the birds for H5N1, a strain of bird flu known for causing large-scale die-offs in avian populations. Doug Sinclair, Director of Public Health for Yates County, noted ...

USask Photo Dr. Bryce Warner was the co-lead on the dairy cattle H5N1 research project at VIDO. Dairy cows build a natural immunity to H5N1 after initial infection according to research conducted at ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) – Samples taken from a backyard flock have confirmed the presence of H5N1 bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), in Windsor County.

H5N1 has been the dominant grouping of strains fueling this past year’s outbreaks in the U.S., with different variants of that virus spreading in wild birds, poultry flocks, dairy cattle, pets and ...

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The first confirmed case of the rare H5N9 bird flu has been reported in the U.S. The virus was confirmed in a commercial duck farm in Merced County, California, according to the World Organization ...

H5N9 is a rare strain of avian influenza. H5N1 is the more common strain of the bird flu and has been responsible for most of the reported human cases. H5N1 was responsible for the first human death ...