The avian influenza H5N1, a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu, continues to pose a significant threat to animal and human health in India. Recent outbreaks in 2021, 2023 and 2024 have been ...

Hundreds of ducks infected with avian influenza — H5N1 bird flu — have been found along the shores of Lake Michigan in the Chicago area, prompting warnings from area health officials.

The outbreak is a significant blow to the ... since emerging in 2020 in Europe, the current bird flu strain, H5N1, has been declared the largest avian flu epidemic ever on that continent and ...

CHICAGO — Hundreds of ducks infected with avian influenza — H5N1 bird flu — have been ... on its Facebook page Sunday that the bird flu outbreak “is posing a serious threat to the bird ...

The H5N1 avian flu outbreak has killed close to half a billion poultry worldwide, infected hundreds of wild bird and mammal species, and jumped to dairy cows in the United States. From birds and ...

The scientists suggest this could serve as a protective measure for first responders and other caregivers at the start of an H5N1 outbreak. For a deeper dive on the state of bird flu in the U.S ...

“The bird flu outbreak is the worst globally and also in U.S. history, with hundreds of million birds dead since it first turned up in domestic waterfowl in China in 1996,” Walzer said in a statement ...

Federal officials, too, have subtly altered their tone in discussing the outbreak, now emphasising how quickly the situation might change. For the general public, H5N1 is “a low risk ...

Though there are many kinds of bird flu, one especially contagious strain called highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) has led to poultry outbreaks ... the U.S. in 2007.