A new strain of a highly pathogenic and rare strain of bird flu has been reported on a duck farm in central California.

H5N9 is “not commonly seen in poultry in general,” says Eman Anis, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania ...

Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, is a viral infection that spreads in birds. There are many subtypes of avian flu ...

The finding at a California duck farm is raising alarms among public health experts that bird flu could further mutate into ...

In this prospective observational study, immune protection against H5N1 and H7N9 avian influenza virus (AIV) was almost absent prior to vaccination. However, seasonal influenza vaccines induced a ...

as trade in live poultry was suspended after a spot check at a local street market revealed the presence of H7N9 bird flu virus, in Hong Kong in 2016. Credit: REUTERS/Bobby Yip According to the ...

Commercial duck flock in California has tested positive for two strains of avian influenza. On November 23, 2024, two HPAI viruses were identified in samples from a farm rearing meat ducks in Merced ...

A case of the bird flu (also known avian flu or H5N1) involving gamebirds has been confirmed in Spartanburg. The virus was ...

FILE - Hundreds of ducks on a farm in 2017. (Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images) H5N9 is a strain of the H5N1, H7N9, and H9N2 bird flu virus subtypes, according to the National Institute of ...

Those who contract the virus can fall severely ill. Influenza A (H5N1) and influenza A (H7N9) are the most common bird flu subtypes that have spread to humans in the past. The country's recent ...

H5N9 is a strain of the H5N1, H7N9, and H9N2 bird flu virus subtypes, according to the National Institute of Health, but far less common. The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ...