The newly reported H5N9 strain was found Monday at a duck farm in Merced County, California, according to the World ...

Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the ...

Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens ...

To learn more about the recent bird flu outbreaks, we spoke with Asha Shah, MD, director of infectious diseases and ...

A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including ...

Bird flu appears to be widespread in Massachusetts, state health and environmental officials said Wednesday.

A new strain of H5N9 bird flu was detected at a commercial duck operation in California's Merced County. All the ducks were ...

The U.S. is reporting its first confirmed outbreak of H5N9 avian flu at a California duck farm amid a global surge in its ...

First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment ...

If bird flu is lurking undetected on Minnesota’s dairy farms, the state is determined to find it. Starting in February, milk ...

Lithuania has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a laying hen farm ...

The reason is because the government has ordered millions of chickens slaughtered to slow the spread of bird flu.