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H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...
The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...
Bird flu infections in farmworkers are going undetected, study shows. With the threats of mpox and H5N1 looming, we should aim to develop, approve, and deploy at-home rapid tests as quickly as ...
Vaccinating birds against bird flu reduces the spread of the disease, but may have unintended consequences. This is the warning of a new paper in the journal Science Advances, which concluded that ...
It’s been a rough flu season this winter in the United States and Europe, but it could be worse. A lot worse. The flu viruses that are making us sick go by names like H1N1 and H3N2, referring to ...
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...
How to test for and control bird flu before it’s too late by Alexander Travis and Marc Siegel, opinion contributors - 05/04/25 2:00 PM ET ...
In the U.S. it has affected more than 100 million farmed birds, the worst bird flu outbreak in the nation’s history. New mutations have eased its spread from birds into multiple other species ...
Containing the spread of this highly pathogenic bird flu strain in cattle hinges on our ability to detect and track it. The H5N1 outbreak in dairy cows is widespread and spans multiple U.S. states.
Vaccinating birds against bird flu reduces the spread of the disease, but may have unintended consequences. This is the warning of a new paper in the journal Science Advances, which concluded that ...