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

While the H5N1 bird flu keep spreading, the first reported H5N9 outbreak in the United States has been identified on a duck ...

The California duck farm's strain of H5N9 is different from those earlier cases because this time it is closely related to a ...

H5N1 bird flu, also known as avian influenza, continues to spread, with reports of a third human case from an unknown ...

Veterinary and public health officials are urging cat owners to remain vigilant as cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or H5N1, commonly known as bird flu, have been detected in domestic cats.

H5N9 vs H5N1: What's the difference? Avian influenza viruses are categorized based on two surface proteins: hemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N). The combination of these proteins defines the ...

A new antibody therapy effectively protects monkeys from severe H5N1 avian flu, offering hope for a universal flu vaccine and ...

For the first time, birds in a backyard flock in Wayne County have been sickened by the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development ...

"They'll do the testing for influenza," she said, "and if it's positive, (the sample will undergo) further testing to see if it is, in fact, H5N1 or bird flu. If it is bird flu, then we do some ...

The finding indicates that the virus, known as H5N1, has spilled from birds into ... not know that cows were susceptible to this type of influenza. “This is not what anyone wanted to see ...

He explained that H5N1 can also interact with "regular" seasonal flu viruses. "We have a lot of influenza going around and influenza is engineered to really swap genes with each other and they can ...