But the emergence in 2021 of a new viral offshoot in the large family of the H5N1 avian influenza changed ... allowing them to move from the Eurasian continent to the American continent, and ...

Highly pathogenic strains of H5N1 influenza have been spreading in ... five African servals and one Eurasian Lynx. The first indication that “there wasn’t something quite right” was when ...

No evidence was found of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, which caused mortality in parts of Asia, Europe and Africa. There was no evidence that this strain occurred in North American wild birds.

The risk to human health is expected to rise as H5N1 evolves to better infect mammals, the study finds. This rapid adaptation means that "an H5N1 vaccine made (for an earlier strain) will have ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. In 2024, as zoos were hit hard by H5N1 bird flu, big cats were particularly affected: tigers, lions, a cheetah, and a panther all died after being ...

A 3-year-old girl died from respiratory complications due to H5N1 bird flu in Mexico The girl had no underlying medical conditions and no history of travel The strain is the same one implicated in ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus, first detected in humans in Hong Kong in 1997, has spread globally, spawning multiple variants and causing cross-species infections. It is now a top candidate for ...

Since 1959 the avian flu virus H5N1 has been popping up around the globe. Now scientists believe it could spark the next pandemic. Along the untamed coast of southern Victoria, where thyme rice ...

To slow the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza — such as the prevalent H5N1 strain — real-time reporting of current genome data is crucial. Yet “extensive delays” of 7.5 months or ...