First Reported H5N9 Bird Flu Outbreak In US As H5N1 Keeps
4 days ago · A bird in hand may be worth two in the bush. But two bird flu strains out of hand would certainly be worse than one. The U.S. hasn’t been able to control the spread of the H5N1 bird flu. And now ...
The latest on bird flu and its risks : Short Wave : NPR
6 days ago · Bird flu, or avian influenza, is spreading among livestock and other mammals in the United States, raising concerns that another pandemic may be looming. Last month, California declared a state of ...
H5N1 bird flu is a 'existential threat' to biodiversity wordwide ...
3 days ago · Bird flu has wiped out entire flocks of egg-laying hens – and bears, coyotes, cows and raccoons. On Jan. 17, Georgia confirmed its first H5N1 outbreak at a commercial farm. The spread occurred at a broiler farm housing 45,500 birds in …
New bird flu outbreak in California, HMPV and COVID: Why is …
5 days ago · There was an article in The Guardian earlier this week, and it noted that the World Organization for Animal Health reported the first outbreak of a rare bird flu in poultry, known as highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N9, and this has been detected on a duck farm in California. Authorities said the discovery of H5N9 came in addition to the ...
The Latest on Bird Flu in Humans, Cats and Chickens
Jan 23, 2025 · Since the bird flu outbreak began in February 2022, more than 140 million birds have been infected or proactively culled. ... And health officials in New York State announced a massive outbreak at ...
First outbreak of rare bird flu strain detected at Calif. duck farm
Jan 27, 2025 · A rare form of bird flu that can infect humans has been detected for the first time in the US, officials said Monday. The H5N9 strain was found at a California duck farm that has already lost ...
Is bird flu the next pandemic? What to know after the first H5N1 …
Jan 8, 2025 · Scientists also know a lot more about H5N1 bird flu than they did the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the US has been preparing for the threat of a new flu outbreak for a long time. Still, the...
How Close Are We to the Avian Flu Outbreak Escalating Into a …
Jan 16, 2025 · 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 brink of human-to-human transmission, but predicting whether a virus will cross that threshold remains an uncertain science.
Scientists warn of the increased dangers of a new bird flu strain
Nov 27, 2024 · If a human were to catch bird flu and seasonal influenza at the same time, the two viruses could undergo a genetic mixing known as reassortment, and that could spawn a new, more dangerous virus.
'Unprecedented': How bird flu became an animal pandemic - BBC
Dec 19, 2024 · Bird flu is decimating wildlife around the world and is now spreading in cows. In the handful of human cases seen so far it has been extremely deadly. The tips of Lineke Begeman's fingers are...