The H3N8 virus is a different subtype of influenza A not related to the H5N1 version currently spreading in wild birds and poultry worldwide. It first appeared on the North American continent and ...

For example, if a horse were to become infected by both equine flu (the H3N8 virus) and bird flu (the H5N1 virus) simultaneously, it could lead to the viruses sharing genetic data and evolving.

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 ...

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 ...

Paris: Liberia has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza on a poultry farm, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Friday. The disease, commonly called bird flu ...

Intranasal influenza virus-vectored vaccine offers protection against clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 infection in small animal models. Nature Communications , 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58504-z ...

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 ...

Bhopal: After samples of some dead crows in Jheenk Bijuri village in Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh tested positive for H5N1 (bird flu) influenza the other day, morning walkers on Sunday ...