A new variant of the H5N1 bird flu — the same one that led to the death of a Louisiana man — has for first the first time ...

Experts stressed that the new strain did not itself appear to be an immediate human threat. But the rise of a new strain is troubling and points to the risk of a viral phenomenon known as ...

When it comes to the potential of H5N1 avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, picking up mutations that may lead to human-to ...

there are new concerns about bird flu as a new strain was discovered at a duck farm. The different, rarer sub-type of the ...

Nearly 119,000 birds have been culled at a farm in California after a bird flu called H5N9 was detected among the poultry ...

The strain of bird flu is distinct from what has previously been found in dairy cattle. The finding raises some worrying ...

The newly reported H5N9 strain was found Monday at a duck farm in Merced County, California, according to the World Organization for Animal Health. The Paris-based organization that studies animal ...

The virus was reported in a commercial flock of ducks. It’s the first time the subtype has been detected in the United States ...

The team found that animals that had the virus inoculated directly into their lungs became severely ill, whereas animals that ...

With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days of Covid-19, when infectious disease experts were talking about a ...