The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in ...

A decade-old bird flu strain, H5N9, has surfaced in US poultry for the first time, detected in a California duck farm.

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A team of virologists, infectious disease specialists and pathobiologists affiliated with several institutions in China and ...

A US government memo ordering a halt to communication with global health bodies has concerned scientists as a strain of bird ...

However, the researchers also found that countries where poultry are vaccinated against H5 bird flu—specifically China—saw a faster rate of viral evolution compared to those where poultry is ...

In 2024, there were 81 cases of avian flu (H5N1) in humans, the highest number since 2015. The virus is concerning due to its ...

A month ago, almost no one in the U.S. had heard of the Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek. Today, its ...

H5N9 is a subtype of bird flu, and a version that appeared in China more than a decade ago was “highly pathogenic,” according to a 2015 academic paper by researchers in the country.

Avian influenza, commonly termed “bird flu”, is caused by the avian influenza virus A. This virus is usually found in wild ...

An outbreak of bird flu in poultry in the U.S. state of Georgia, the nation's biggest chicken producer, is set to trigger ...

Vaccinating birds against bird flu reduces the spread of the disease, but may have unintended consequences. This is the ...