On average, ferrets infected with H5N1 bird flu lost nearly 10% of their body weight and had fevers. They were lethargic, and had nasal and ocular discharge along with sneezing.

A recent lab study found that H5N1, a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, can survive in raw milk for quite some time. The study found that the virus stayed alive for over a day at room ...

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A single mutation in the H5N1 strain of avian influenza that is infecting cattle in the US could make it more likely to infect humans, according to a new scientific paper. The worrying finding has ...

Since 2022, the H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected in all 50 states, leading to more than 1,700 recorded outbreaks affecting nearly 175 million birds.

What You Need To Know Health officials in Louisiana said Monday that an individual has died from the H5N1 bird flu It is the first human death related to the virus in the United States The patient ...

The more than century-old farm — the last duck farm remaining in a New York region once synonymous with the culinary delicacy — is cautiously rebuilding.

In 2022, H5N1 struck commercial poultry. That year, Cal-Maine didn’t lose a single hen to bird flu. That December, Cal-Maine reported quarterly profits 169 times higher than the year before.

H5N1 is also vexing American cattle farmers after the virus jumped from fowl to cattle last year. “Something has changed in the virus’ makeup that has made it more virulent,” Hitchener said.

Three ducks at the Queens Zoo and 12 birds at the Bronx Zoo have died of bird flu, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. (AP Photo) ...