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Global risk mapping of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 and H5Nx in the light of epidemic episodes occurring from 2020 onward
Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting poultry and wild water birds, posing significant global challenges due to its high mortality rates and economic impacts. Highly ...
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It's like 'dead birds flying': How bird flu is spreading in the wild
For example, in Peru, thousands of Peruvian pelicans have died ... humans will be caught unprepared and ill-equipped to ...
Index-Journal17d
Bird Flu Is Spreading: What You Need To Know
SUNDAY, Feb. 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A rapidly-spreading H5N1 avian influenza, otherwise known as bird flu, has been devastating bird flocks and showing signs of spreading to other mammals.
East Bay Times18d
To detect contagious bird flu, can genomic surveillance shift to sewers?
When the H5N1 bird flu virus jumps from animals into people, it hits a dead end. Missing the key genes that would help it infect humans, it isn’t causing a pandemic. But if the virus suddenly ...
Prince Albert Daily Herald19d
USask research shows Dairy cows build a natural immunity to H5N1 after initial infection
USask Photo Dr. Bryce Warner was the co-lead on the dairy cattle H5N1 research project at VIDO. Dairy cows build a natural immunity to H5N1 after initial infection according to research conducted at ...
Star Tribune20d
Minnesota will start testing milk for bird flu on dairy farms
Samples from each of Minnesota's 1,625 permitted dairy farms will undergo testing once a month for H5N1, the virus commonly known as bird flu. (Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...
Indiatimes20d
H5N9 and H5N1: What’s the difference, and is California at risk after the recent outbreak?
The H5 and H9 designations refer to different types of these proteins. Both H5N9 and H5N1 are bird flu viruses, but they differ in their composition and effects. H5N1: This strain has been the ...
Indiatimes21d
First US case of rare H5N9 bird flu reported; Difference between H5N1 and H5N9
Both H5N9 and the more common H5N1 strains were found. The USDA is conducting investigations and enhanced surveillance, highlighting H5N1's higher human risk compared to H5N9, which is rarer and ...
Hoodline21d
Former Coconino County Manager Steve Peru Honored with John J. DeBolske Professional Excellence Award
Local government heavyweight, former Coconino County Manager Steve Peru, was recently celebrated with the John J. DeBolske Professional Excellence Award. The ceremony, held during the ACMA winter ...
CBS News21d
How are H5N9 and H5N1 different? What to know after California bird flu outbreak
H5N1 has been the dominant grouping of strains fueling this past year's outbreaks in the U.S., with different variants of that virus spreading in wild birds, poultry flocks, dairy cattle ...
Daily Mail21d
What would happen if a bird flu apocalypse DID hit Britain: Inside the Government's new top secret pandemic plan... and what they've decided about another lockdown
A ‘highly pathogenic’ strain of bird flu, known as H5N1, is already spreading rapidly ... It has also spread to farmed mink in Spain and sea lions in Peru. Monitoring and surveillance in ...
Women's Health21d
Is poultry safe to eat?
So far, bird flu outbreaks in the U.S. have been from a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) called H5N1. That strain has been responsible for all the egg shortages and infections in ...