In today’s Health Alert, a new strain of bird flu - H5N9 - has been detected in the U.S. The first confirmed case was found ...

A newly identified strain of bird flu, H5N9, discovered at a California duck farm, has prompted concerns about the possibility of a larger outbreak, The Washington Post reported Jan. 29. Health ...

The virus was first confirmed in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2021. Since then, it’s been found in gannets, pigeons, and ...

Highly pathogenic' avian influenza can pose a dire risk to wild birds, as the North Fort Myers eagle nest shows, but most ...

This latest outbreak is part of a broader epizootic that has swept across the United States, affecting not only poultry but ...

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"This type of prevention can be very useful in controlling infection outbreaks and containing the bird flu pandemic," said an immunologist.

While the H5N1 bird flu keep spreading, the first reported H5N9 outbreak in the United States has been identified on a duck ...

Although cases of bird flu are surging among birds in the UK, the risk of the virus spreading to humans still remains extremely low. A bit of context about influenza explains why health protection ...

Memorial University has put up more signs on it's St. John's campus, asking people to avoid feeding birds to prevent the ...

Avian flu, which has struck the U.S. egg industry and caused prices in the supermarket to spike, is showing up in wild birds as well.

The nationwide spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, also known as avian or bird flu, has many in Illinois ...