Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, is a viral infection that spreads in birds. There are many subtypes of avian flu ...

Bird flu, Covid-19, and influenza are all respiratory infections spreading through respiratory droplets. While influenza ...

As bird flu spread among animals soars in the United States, hospitals are being told to proactively screen for potential ...

Nearly 119,000 birds have been culled at a farm in California after a bird flu called H5N9 was detected among the poultry ...

While the H5N1 bird flu keep spreading, the first reported H5N9 outbreak in the United States has been identified on a duck ...

Where has bird flu been reported in Illinois? Are my pets at risk? Should I still be eating eggs? Here’s what to know about ...

The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different subtype of the ... diagnosed with influenza, a recent study reports an ... Single Mutation in H5N1 Influenza Surface ...

H5N1 is a shapeshifter, so to speak, due to its segmented DNA, Michael explains. “For example, if a human gets infected with a bird flu and also carries a human influenza A virus, these two ...

The CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ( MMWR) resumed publishing after an unprecedented 2-week hiatus, but without ...

The first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu in poultry has been reported in California on a duck farm leading to the culling of ...

This strategic initiative responds to escalating concerns over the spread of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A virus. Recent H5N1 outbreaks have spread beyond birds to involve mammals ...

The first highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of subtype H5N1 emerged in China in 1996. Since then, H5 viruses have spread widely in Europe, Africa, North America and Asia via migratory birds ...