Delaware is reporting its first case of bird flu on a poultry farm, following dozens of presumed positive cases in wild birds ...

The Delaware Department of Agriculture says preliminary testing of a commercial broiler flock in Kent County has shown the ...

Based on lab studies, researchers found the currently circulating H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4.b virus attaching better in the human ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window This year, human cases of H5N1 bird flu ramped up in the U.S., particularly after the virus made its way into dairy ...

The CDC analyzed samples of the H5N1 virus that were collected from the patient, comparing its genomic sequences to those of infected dairy cows, wild birds, poultry and other animals, the agency ...

Raw Milk Is Risky, but Airborne Transmission of H5N1 from Cow's Milk Is Inefficient in Mammals July 8, 2024 — While H5N1 avian influenza virus taken from infected cow's milk makes mice and ...

The day after Christmas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it had identified new mutations to the H5N1 bird-flu virus in a “severely ill” patient in Louisiana.

Genetic sequences of H5N1 bird flu viruses collected from a person in Louisiana who became severely ill show signs of development of several mutations thought to affect the virus’ ability to ...

Still, every additional human case gives H5N1 more opportunities to adapt. As a study found earlier in December, it will only take one single mutation to make bird flu much worse. Out of the 66 ...

A big cat sanctuary in Washington is temporarily closed and quarantined after bird flu killed 20 wild cats there, including ...