H5N1 Flu

The host range of HPAIV H5N1 was recently expanded to include ruminants, particularly dairy cattle in the United States (US). Shortly after, human H5N1 infection was reported in a dairy worker in Texas following exposure to infected cattle. Herein, we rescued the cattle-origin influenza A/bovine/Tex …

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The animals - including a Bengal tiger, cougars and bobcats - have died of the virus over the past several weeks.

Why the results surprised anyone is itself a surprise.

First come the horseshoe crabs. Hoisting their round, tank-like shells, they trundle out of the Delaware Bay under the first full moon in May to mate and lay their eggs.

The H5N1 bird flu was found in a backyard flock in Vermont, the state's agricultural agency said Thursday.

H5N1 bird flu from an extreme case in the US has mutated to attach to human upper airway cells, health chiefs have warned. The case, spotted this month in a hospitalised Louisiana man, is the first…

The abnormally warm winter weather isn’t helping to contain the virus. The birds congregate to keep the still water open and prevent ice from forming -- which is easier than migrating, but could led to the virus spreading locally.

For the second time in less than two weeks, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in Ottawa County.

Researchers warn of "grave implications" for endangered animals.

The Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington announced the deaths of 20 big cats – more than half of the facility’s population – due to Bird Flu. CNN's Randi Kaye reports. #CNN #News

MONTPELEIR, Vt. (myCV) — The presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1 bird flu, has been confirmed after officials worked to quarantine a backyard flock in Franklin County last week. HPAI was confirmed in the 24-bird flock by Vermont’s Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets plus the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal Plant Health […]

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Will free-roaming cats become the species that enables bird flu to hop to humans?

Poultry producers have been urged to urgently tighten protocols to protect their birds after a further outbreak was confirmed in East Riding and Defra raised the avian influenza (AI) risk level for farms with suboptimal biosecurity measures to "medium, with low uncertainty”.

Iowa health officials reported the state's first human case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza earlier this week.

MONTPELEIR, Vt. (myCV) — The presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1 bird flu, has been confirmed after officials worked to quarantine a backyard flock in Franklin County last …

The CDC said Thursday that the mutations, detected in a sample taken from a Louisiana patient, may help bind the virus to the upper airways in people.

The spread of avian influenza is concerning. But people shouldn’t panic, says UGA flu expert.

H5N1 Bird Flu: With COVID in retreat (thanks to highly effective vaccines), the three infectious diseases causing public health officials the greatest concern are malaria (a parasite), HIV (a virus) and tuberculosis (a bacterium). Between them, they kill around 2 million people each year.

H5N1 outbreaks have led to the losses of commercial flocks in Barron, Trempealeau, Washburn and other Wisconsin counties.

Outbreak has now spread to cattle in 16 states leading to infections among dairy and poultry workers.

From a state of emergency in California to the recent death of a house pet in Oregon, here are the latest updates on the US bird flu outbreak.

Australia is the last continent to be free of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) strain, H5N1.

Avian influenza is not a new disease, but the emergence of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) viruses of the A/Goose/Guangdong/1/96 lineage (Gs/GD) has necessitated fundamental changes to prevention and control strategies for this disease. No longer just an avian disease, avian influenza is c …

Wild birds are important hosts of influenza A viruses (IAVs) and play an important role in their ecology. The emergence of the A/goose/Guangdong/1/1996 H5N1 (Gs/GD) lineage marked a shift in IAV ecology, leading to recurrent outbreaks and mortality in wild birds from 2002 onwards. This lineage has e …

We describe the evolution of the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) in sea lions (Otaria flavescens) of South America. At le…