The U.S. hasn’t been able to control the spread of the H5N1 bird flu. And now, there’s been a reported outbreak in the U.S. of another strain of avian influenza, H5N9. This H5N9 outbreak ...

Both H5N9 and the more common H5N1 strains were found. The USDA is conducting investigations and enhanced surveillance, highlighting H5N1's higher human risk compared to H5N9, which is rarer and ...

H5N1 has been the dominant grouping of strains fueling this past year's outbreaks in the U.S., with different variants of that virus spreading in wild birds, poultry flocks, dairy cattle ...

While, as of January 2025, only one reported case of H5N1 infection in the U.S has resulted in death, the World Health Organization has reported over 950 cases globally since 1997, with more than ...

Here's what you need to know about the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, and what bird flu might mean to you, your chickens and pets. Bird flu is an influenza A virus that causes respiratory ...

Massachusetts officials report that H5N1 is widespread among wild birds. There have been no confirmed human cases of bird flu so far in Massachusetts. Pets should be kept on a leash when outside.

PARIS, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Lithuania has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a laying hen farm in the western part of the country ...

When the H5N1 bird flu virus jumps from animals into people, it hits a dead end. Missing the key genes that would help it infect humans, it isn’t causing a pandemic. But if the virus suddenly ...

According to the World Organization of Animal Health (WOAH), testing of ducks at the farm showed the animals had been infected by both the H5N1 and H5N9 strains. A report by LA Times reveals that ...

Samples from each of Minnesota's 1,625 permitted dairy farms will undergo testing once a month for H5N1, the virus commonly known as bird flu. (Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

The H5N9 strain was found at a California duck farm that has already lost nearly 119,000 birds to the more common H5N1 variant of the disease, which is formally known as Highly Pathogenic Avian ...

The Centers for Disease Control announced the first human death from H5N1 avian flu or "bird flu" in the United States on Jan. 6 -- and the illness continues to spread. In a Jan. 6 news release ...