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The US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed the nation's first H5N1 avian flu ...

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RELATED: First H5N1 bird flu case confirmed in San Mateo backyard flock Two cats living in separate households in Multnomah County, Oregon, fell ill after consuming the raw pet food.

Now, a small but growing number of house cats have gotten sick from H5N1, the bird flu strain driving the current U.S. outbreak, after eating raw food or drinking unpasteurized milk.

On Wednesday, United States Department of Agriculture officials confirmed a new strain of bird flu in U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, identified through genome sequencing of milk from Nevada.

The new H5N1 version, known as D1.1, was found in dairy cattle in Nevada and is different than the B3.13 type that has spread to more than 950 herds in 16 states over the past year, starting in Texas.

The H5N1 bird flu now circulating in the U.S. has caused mostly mild symptoms in the 67 people who've had known infections since 2022. Those symptoms include conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye ...

Oregon cats face fatal bird flu threat; second death reported in two months Both cats that contracted the H5N1 virus lived in Washington County but contracted it in different ways, according to ...

Oregon cat tests positive for bird flu by: Kaitlin Flanigan Posted: Jan 24, 2025 / 12:00 PM PST Updated: Jan 24, 2025 / 07:09 PM PST ...