Human infected with H9N2 Virus Vietnam has reported the country’s first human infection with a low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) A(H9N2) virus, according to a press release from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  This is a …

Since the confirmation of infections with the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus, also referred to as H5N1 and bird flu, among dairy cows from Texas and Kansas in late March, the virus has been detected in 16 herds from six states: Texas, …

Introduction Avian influenza—often referred to as avian flu or bird flu—is a virus that has circulated among the world’s migratory birds for at least a century. However, in recent decades, new, highly pathogenic strains of the virus have wreaked havoc on …

News that H5N1 avian influenza has breached another mammalian species — this time dairy cows — has taken the flu science community aback. Though cows previously had been seen to be susceptible to human flu viruses, and could be experimentally infected with …

A person in Texas has tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (H5N1), also known as bird flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed. This individual, who was exposed to cattle that were believed to be …

EGYPT—Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture has rubbished recent reports alleging the emergence of a new lethal poultry virus , purported to be a variant of the deadly avian influenza virus. According to statements from the Egyptian government, no strains of …

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In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers uncovered the ecological and virological dynamics behind the intensified global activity of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 since 2021. Study: The episodic resurgence of highly …

An international team of biologists, public health specialists and infectious disease experts reports that the current near-global bird flu epidemic has its roots in Europe and Africa. In their study, published in the journal Nature, the group analyzed …

A chicken on sale in a market in South Africa – one of many countries where bird flu is killing wild and domestic birds Kim Ludbrook/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The virus behind the largest-ever bird flu outbreak originated in Europe and Africa, …