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Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United ...

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Nationwide, more than 100 million poultry birds have died or been culled because of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of the virus. The ongoing bird flu epidemic is not just an agricultural issue ...

Why a teenager’s bird-flu infection is ringing alarm bells for scientists Although many of the infections have been mild, emerging data indicate that variants of the avian influenza virus H5N1 ...

H5N9 is a strain of the H5N1, H7N9, and H9N2 bird flu virus subtypes, according to the National Institute of Health, but far less common. The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ...

A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected. By Apoorva Mandavilli Apoorva ...

SACRAMENTO, California – US officials are investigating the appearance of a strain of bird flu identified in the US for the first time, a worrying sign that the virus is evolving in ways that ...

syncytial virus (RSV) cases jumped in December 2024, the New York City Health Department suggested that people mask up in crowded indoor places. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images ...

Several human cases of avian flu (H5N1) have been reported around the U.S., and the virus has also proven to be fatal to felines. Dozens of cats have reportedly contracted the virus since the ...