Avian influenza, commonly termed “bird flu”, is caused by the avian influenza virus A. This virus is usually found in wild ...
The first human death caused by H5N1 in the U.S. was reported in Louisiana on Jan. 6. Here's what to know about bird flu.
The widening U.S. bird flu outbreak has made its way to Maryland, which has counted two cases on commercial poultry farms—one ...
How deadly is the bird flu? The US has reported its first death from avian influenza, H5N1. Here's what to know about bird ...
“There is no evidence to suggest that eating thoroughly cooked poultry, game meat or eggs transmits avian influenza to humans ...
A highly infectious strain of avian influenza, or "bird flu," has led to a steep incline in egg prices around the country.
Bird flu has been detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia for the first time since the current outbreak began in ...
To date, we haven’t had any confirmed cases of avian flu in humans ... and our Public Health Lab is prepared to test those swabs for the H5 variant influenza A viruses, so we can identify ...
The Connecticut Department of Agriculture shared on Friday that avian flu was detected in a flock of birds in New London ...
Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious ...
Mutations in one of the first human-isolated strains of H5N1 bird flu in the US were identified by the Texas Biomedical ...
President Joe Biden's outgoing administration on Thursday announced $211 million in new funding to develop mRNA vaccines ...