The H5N9 strain of avian influenza is much more rare than the H5N1 which has been responsible for most of the reported human ...

“This is exactly why I’ve been trying to call attention to deep sequencing of each virus from cows, cats, and people infected ...

As cases of H5N1 bird flu rise across the U.S., some of us may be more immune to the virus than others. Many people may have immune cells called "T cells" primed and ready to fight the "highly ...

Photo of a wild bird. To the right is a colorized transmission electron micrograph of H5N1 virus particles (purple). H5N1 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide, and in 2024 is causing a ...

The patient in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe bird flu illness was found to have a mutated version of the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced ...

Mutations in one of the first human-isolated strains of H5N1 bird flu in the US were identified by the Texas Biomedical ...

Stock photo of a syringe. Experts are urging the Biden administration to approve a vaccine for the H5N1 bird flu virus. Stock photo of a syringe. Experts are urging the Biden administration to ...

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Friday that the H5N1 virus was discovered in meat from a single cull dairy cow as part of testing of 96 dairy cows. APHIS said the meat ...

Concern over bird flu is growing among some health experts. This bird virus, H5N1, uh, is circulating widely. In, uh, uh, domestic poultry and on dairy farms. One point of concern is the spread of ...

The recent outbreak of bird flu stems from a mutation of the H5N1 virus that affects humans more easily, compared to past mutations of the virus that targeted birds and not mammals. On Thursday ...

The virus has been detected in dairy herds in three states over the past 30 days, according to USDA/APHIS. In 2024, the virus has caused 66 confirmed and 7 probable cases of influenza in people in ...