An animal disease specialist says the recent uptick in avian influenza outbreaks is in part due to the milder winter weather.

The death of a Louisiana resident who was over the age of 65 signals that future H5N1 infections are not guaranteed to be ...

The U.S. has developed a bird flu vaccine that can be prepared when needed. It’s not currently available because health ...

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Several state authorities in India say they have stepped up monitoring for cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) amid concerns around a reported outbreak in China. Chinese officials have generally ...

The rise of bird flu across farms in California has raised questions about the virus and its potential threat to humans.

Dec. 6, 2024 — A single modification in the protein found on the surface of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 influenza virus currently circulating ... Scientists Identify ...

Further cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been confirmed in England over the festive period, with 15 cases of ...

This was a year of strange and unexpected things in agriculture. Farms were slammed with both drought and deluge, the 2023 ...

Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can cause flu in birds and sometimes spread to mammals, including humans. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks ...

Eight cases of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza have been ... Christine Middlemiss said the virus had arrived much later in the flu season this year - mercifully, late enough ...

These viruses ... of Europe, Asia and Africa. In various open water areas (that is, ice-free) on ponds and rivers in southern Alberta, overwintering waterfowl, primarily Canada geese and mallard ducks ...