In 1997, avian influenza virus (H5N1) caused severe human disease in Hong Kong. One of 9 infected children and 5 of 9 infected adults died. Investigators hypothesized that this virus is lethal ...

Some of the issues: In March 2017, an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H7N9 virus was detected ... during its tenure, with the H5N1 virus causing widespread impacts across ...

What exactly is H5N1 influenza and what defines avian flu? Yoshi Kawaoka: H5N1 is a subtype of influenza A virus known for primarily infecting birds. It’s called H5N1 because of two surface ...

The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus was devastating a flock of chickens on a highly secure farm, home of a breeding program that produced hybrid birds with specially colored feathers and eggs.

Four black rats were confirmed to have H5N1 avian flu in late January in Riverside ... Officials have previously confirmed the virus in mice found on affected farms. The agency's latest update ...

A new strain of the bird flu virus that has already killed one person has now been detected in herds of dairy cows in Nevada. Until now, this particular strain had only been associated with birds ...

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Friday that the H5N1 virus was discovered in meat from a single cull dairy cow as part of testing of 96 dairy cows. APHIS said the meat ...

UC Davis researchers have found that acidification of waste milk can kill H5N1, the virus that causes bird flu. Pasteurization is the only widely recognized method of killing H5N1, the virus that ...

Experts are urging cat owners to refrain from feeding their pets raw meat or unpasteurized milk after the bird flu virus was detected ... susceptible to the HPAI A(H5N1) strain of avian influenza ...

These pathogens threaten biodiversity, ecosystems and human health. The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 is one of these emerging pathogens associated with environmental damage caused ...

Pasteurization is the only widely recognized method of killing H5N1, the virus that causes bird flu, in milk. However, pasteurization can be expensive and fewer than 50% of large dairy farms ...

Holstein calf feeds from a bottle of colostrum milk. UC Davis researchers have found that acidification of waste milk can kill H5N1, the virus that causes bird flu. (Richard Van Vleck Pereira / UC ...