It’s the broadest outbreak of H5N1 since it surfaced as a concern in China in 1996.
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Monitoring the evolution of the shapeshifting bird flu virus can add to the preparedness against another potential pandemic
Opens in a new tab or window What appears to be mammal-to-mammal transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) on a mink farm in
In the past, the inability to spread from one mammal to another was the barrier that prevented bird flu, H5N1 — which has a 50% fatality rate in hu
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in an update to its mammal detections, reported 11 more
Perhaps we can blame COVID fatigue for numbing us to the risks of other viruses.
Purpose: A review of the avian influenza A/H5N1 virus, including human cases, viral transmission, clinical features, vaccines and antivirals, surve
At a media briefing yesterday, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said recent H5N1 avian flu spillovers in mammal species should be mo
The head of the World Health Organization called for preparation in response to recent reports of H5N1 bird flu spreading to mammals.
LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The recent spread to mammals of H5N1 influenza - commonly known as bird flu - needs to be monitored, but the risk to huma
The bird flu outbreak is the deadliest one in almost 10 years—which has helped cause egg prices to steeply rise—and while infection in humans is ra
It was H5N1, a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza. But the mink farm outbreak was a new and troubling development, scientists said.
Peru said Tuesday that 585 sea lions and 55,000 wild birds have died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in recent weeks, the latest report on the disease
Peru on Tuesday local time reported the death of 585 sea lions and 55000 wild birds due to the H5N1 bird flu virus in recent weeks reported ABS-CBN
The H5N1 aviary virus is already playing havoc in the US.
Veterinary authorities in Peru yesterday confirmed H5N1 avian influenza in sea lions and a dolphin, adding more reports of detections in mammals as
I guess my question was on behalf of your average anxious New York reader.
A study published in PLOS PATHOGENS describes the prevalence and functions of mutations in neuraminidase enzyme of avian H5N1 influenza viruses tha
In recent days, scientists have sounded increasingly worried that a mutation could cause a "spillover" event, in which H5N1 becomes more
The candidate will be based on AAHI’s self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) platform, which targets both pandemic A (H5N1) and A (H7N9) influenza virus patho
A bird flu outbreak on a Spanish mink farm is alarming scientists.
Zeynep Tufekci on the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza, which is showing some recent signs of spreading in mammals.
Nepal has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on a poultry farm near the capital Kathmandu,
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The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) maintains that the avian influenza H5N1 virus is still primarily a disease of birds, but experts around the w
The virus that’s been tearing through poultry farms, known as H5N1, typically targets birds, not humans. The short answer: no.
The Access to Advanced Health Institute (AAHI) announced today that it has been awarded a project agreement worth up to $9.9 million through the Me
Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via ReutersThe same highly pathogenic bird-flu virus that’s killed tens of millions of chickens and other birds
An ongoing outbreak of a deadly avian flu strain has already killed millions of birds, and it’s becoming an even greater cause for concern as it sp
A pair of red-tailed hawks that died within days of each other recently tested positive for H5N1, a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HP
This pathogen, especially the H5N1 strain, hasn’t often infected humans, but when it has, 56 percent of those known to have contracted it have died
Cases of bird flu being transmitted to other mammals have emerged – and some fear this kind of ‘spillover event’ may spark the next pandemic
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (Apha) has detected the H5N1 strain flu in five foxes and four otters in the UK since 2021.
Scientists say an outbreak on a Spanish mink farm and in UK foxes are the kind of ‘spillover events’ that could spark a human epidemic
As a deadly form of avian influenza keeps ravaging bird populations around much of the world, scientists are also tracking infections among other a
Latest figures show bird flu has led to the death of around 208 million birds and there have been at least 200 recorded cases in mammals, the BBC r
Avian flu has been found in seals that died a 'mass mortality event' in the Caspian Sea.
PARIS, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Romania has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a farm in the ce
Mammals can become infected with the highly pathogenic (HPAI) avian influenza H5N1 virus when they feed on infected sick or dead wild birds.
In West Africa, new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been reported on farms in Niger and Nigeria.
A genetic analysis of the H5N1 influenza virus in the current avian pandemic has located it in a clade (virus family) circulating among poultry and
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Concern is rising among health experts about the possibility of an H5N1 avian flu pandemic, as the strain has now been found in mammals.
Researchers in Europe investigated a disease outbreak last fall on a mink farm in Spain. What they found is alarming health experts.
Of the 13 most recent outbreaks — starting in the period January 17-22 — 12 occurred in the central-western province of Greater Poland.
A variant of H5N1 influenza that can spread between mammals could pose an increased risk to people and wild animals.
Recently, an HPAI H5N1 infection was detected at a mink farm in Spain, where there was possible spread of the virus between the animals.
An Avian influenza protection zone has been established in Grantown after an outbreak of the deadly bird disease.
For that price—50 damn cents each!—my daily sunny-side-up eggs will have to wait.
Experts say the risk of any such jump of H5N1 from birds to humans is low, Axios notes.