The ICMR has launched efforts to develop a human vaccine against the highly-pathogenic avian influenza H5N1. This virus poses a significant public health risk due to its high mortality rate and ...

The highly contagious bird flu has hit Montgomery County, Maryland, where officials say a backyard flock of chickens tested ...

Last month, a flock of birds in southern Rhode Island was euthanized after they were found to be infected with H5N1 avian influenza. While the threat to public health is considered to be low, Dr.

A recent study conducted on human A(H5N1) cases in the United States found that conjunctivitis was the primary symptom ...

Most of the bird flu cases reported so far in the U.S. have belonged to an influenza subtype known as HPAI H5N1. The newly ...

Bird flu (H5N1) primarily affects birds but has spread to mammals, including humans. While human transmission remains rare, ...

Wildlife professionals and advocates are grappling with an avian influenza outbreak that seems to be growing more virulent ...

The virus has also been detected in wild bird populations and, most recently, in U.S. dairy cattle as of March 2024.

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

N ow that bird flu has been detected in animals in all 50 states, and nearly 70 cases have been confirmed in people, health ...

H5N1 outbreak in the United States began Feb. 8, 2022. The US has lost over 138 million domestic birds. According to the ...

The outbreak started in December and has now spread from a few reports in the suburbs to hundreds in the city, along Lake ...