Highly pathogenic H5N5 avian flu has been detected in a backyard poultry flock in Newfoundland and Labrador, according to ...

Originally found mostly in wild birds and poultry, H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1, was discovered in dairy cattle last ...

The Allegheny Front’s Kara Holsopple talked about the risks with Dr. Justin Brown, DVM, PhD, a Penn State professor and ...

The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to ...

For the first time, a new genotype of avian influenza has been identified in U.S. dairy cows, prompting biosecurity efforts.

Nevada just confirmed its first human case of avian flu from infected cattle. Nevada’s first case was found in Churchill ...

As cases of seasonal influenza surge, health officials are closely monitoring a growing threat—the potential fusion of human ...

U.S. dairy cattle tested positive for a strain of bird flu that previously had not been seen in cows, the U.S. Department of ...

Human infection with avian influenza is rare and usually ... have the potential to adapt to humans as well. The influenza virus has a genome made up of eight distinct RNA segments, much like ...

Nevada just confirmed its first human case of avian flu from infected cattle ... identified through genome sequencing of milk from Nevada. The D1.1 genotype, which had previously been predominant ...

The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected ... Flu viruses have eight segments of their genome. When two different flu viruses infect a cell at the same time, they can swap ...