This marks the first confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a commercial poultry operation and the fifth confirmed detection in the state of Georgia.
With cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) continuing to rise among cattle and humans in the US, scientists and government health officials are preparing for the potential of the virus adapting to enable human-to-human transmission.
Seasonal influenza vaccines triggered protective immune responses against the H5N1 avian influenza virus primarily in younger people, indicating its potential use as a first line of defense during an eventful pandemic.
An ostrich farm in B.C.'s West Kootenay has been ordered to cull its entire herd of 400 birds after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed the presence of avian flu there. Universal Ostrich has been told to get rid of its birds by Feb.
The Central Valley is home to many of California's most vulnerable groups to bird flu: agricultural workers. It's also where wastewater surveillance of the virus is the weakest.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory Thursday urging health care workers treating patients hospitalized with the flu to perform an additional test for bird flu within 24
COVID-19 Phase 2b study poised to initiate 10,000 participant portion of trial pending U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review of sentinel
The spread of avian influenza (HPAI ... Anna Wald, MD, head of the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Division and professor of medicine at the University of Washington, confirmed that store-bought ...
FILE -This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26, 2024, shows avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow), grown ...
The case of the Canadian teen and the death of a Louisiana man are stark reminders of bird flu’s capacity to ignite serious illness.
The variant circulating in America appears to be less lethal and could be triggering different responses from the immune system