Health officials say the threat to humans remains low, but a lack of data and surveillance clouds the real risk that the H5N1 ...
Type A viruses are the most significant for human and animal health, and they are all descended from avian viruses. The flu A ...
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human ...
Nance Beston, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. Oct. 13—MOSES LAKE — The Washington State Department of Agriculture confirmed the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known ...
Hawaii could become the eighth U.S. state to see human cases of bird flu, after the state's Department of Health issued a warning on Sunday to members of the public who attended a pet fair. The ...
The sudden decimation by bird flu of the world's largest seal has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, and the ...
This time of year, new cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) begin to emerge due to the high numbers of migratory waterfowl that pass through or congregate in North Carolina. According ...
Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, told Newsweek in an email on Saturday, “Infection with a H5N5 bird flu virus ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — State agencies are on high alert after a sick duck was found on the UH Manoa campus, and preliminary testing revealed an unconfirmed result of H5 subtype of Avian Influenza – more ...