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

Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on the virus’s spread as we enter a new year.

Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the ...

Samples taken from the first patient who died from bird flu show that a strain of the virus has “mutated” to infect humans ...

Pandemic Preparedness FILE - In this photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, an animal caretaker labels a blood sample collected from a dairy calf vaccinated against bird flu at the ...

Several experts, for example, said not nearly enough has been done to make sure an expanding bird flu pandemic in animals doesn’t turn into a global health catastrophe for people ...

A pandemic in the animal world The first highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of subtype H5N1 emerged in China in 1996. Since then, H5 viruses have spread widely in Europe, Africa, North ...

However, none of this means we are "one mutation away" from a pandemic. The first highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of subtype H5N1 emerged in China in 1996. Since then, H5 viruses have ...

Scientists say the risk H5N1 will trigger a pandemic remains low. But if the bird flu virus infects a person who's already infected with a human flu virus, the pathogens could swap genetic ...

a vaccine to deal with the H5N1 avian flu pandemic. Pasitney said an outbreak of H5N1 on the family farm late last year led to a Canadian Food Inspection Agency order that all the birds on the ...

Public health officials are keeping a close eye on bird ... pandemic. Others believe prevention is the key, suggesting farmworkers who come into contact with animals should be offered bird flu ...