The CDC wants Alveo to make rapid, portable A(H5) diagnostic tests "to support response efforts in the event of an outbreak." ...

“We started to see H5N1 signal in March 2024 and we were both very shocked ... is that it is a hard sample to deal with ...

Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to spread and cause severe symptoms in other mammals. H5N1 bird flu is ...

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 ...

Helen Branswell, STAT’s infectious disease reporter, has been writing about H5N1 bird flu for 20 years. If you’re aware of the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cattle — you may have seen ...

Bird Flu Stays Stable on Milking Equipment for at Least One Hour June 27, 2024 — H5N1 virus in unpasteurized milk is stable on metal and rubber components of commercial milking equipment for at ...

The huTX37-H5N1 virus also infected each of 15 different mouse tissues tested, with the highest virus levels found in respiratory tissues. Researchers also infected ferrets with a high dose of ...

A Canadian teenager has been hospitalized with bird flu, the first human case of H5N1 in the current ... [+] outbreak detected in the country. A teenager in British Columbia has been hospitalized ...

To find out, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted antibody screening on people exposed to that patient to test for a immune response consistent with a past H5N1 infection.

The mortality rate among H5N1 infected dairy cows has been much higher than anticipated. Since early August, outbreaks have been reported in 124 California dairy herds. According to the U.S ...

Export numbers are similar. Experts say it was bound to happen: The H5N1 bird flu that ravaged dairy herds in 13 states was inevitably going to arrive in California. But exactly how it happened is ...

Oregon state and federal officials are investigating positive H5N1 bird flu cases at a farm after the virus was detected in a pig in the U.S. for the first time. USDA National Veterinary Services ...