The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in dairy cattle and heightened pandemic risks.
A California duck farm has culled thousands of birds as the virus seems to be trading genetics with other viruses ...
A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of Pittsburgh and NIH Vaccine Research Center researchers report today in ...
There is a bird flu vaccine, and a federal stockpile holds several million doses, per The New York Times. However, Kennedy, ...
Both H5N9 and H5N1 were detected at the duck farm in Merced County, according to tests conducted by the US Department of ...
Sec. Mike Naig says the U.S. government is using what he describes as a three-legged stool approach to address the virus in ...
Additionally, U.S. authorities identified the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced County, California. In a report to the Paris-based WOAH, officials noted that nearly 119,000 birds ...
Health officials reported two deaths and 67 cases, all within the same week, but have not said what caused the outbreak. The ...