Asked about communication received by the WHO from Washington on the H5N1 outbreak, Christian Lindmeier told a press briefing in Geneva: “Communication is a challenge indeed. The traditional ways of ...

Nevada confirms its first human case of bird flu amid a growing U.S. outbreak impacting poultry, wildlife and the price of ...

The ongoing outbreak of genotype B3.13 of the H5N1 avian flu virus in dairy cows was first detected in March 2024. The first ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and its partners are taking proactive measures to protect the health of people in ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza can be transmitted among farms by wind, according to a recent study that found air-intake ...

Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting poultry and wild water birds, posing significant global challenges due to its high mortality rates and economic impacts. Highly ...

In those studies, several of the infected workers remembered having symptoms of H5N1 bird flu, while none of the veterinarians in the new paper recalled any such symptoms. The new study is more ...

A woman in Wyoming has been hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu Health officials say she was likely infected via handling sick birds in a backyard flock The woman is “an older adult” with “other ...

The current human case count of H5N1 influenza in the US could be an underestimate, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After testing 150 ...

CNN reports a Nevada dairy worker may have been infected by deadly D1.1 version of H5N1 bird flu Worker shows only mild symptoms Genetic analyses of this version show changes that could make it ...

As the H5N1 bird flu virus continues to spread among animals, the discovery of infected rats in Riverside County provides another example of the virus' penchant for surprise.