A new variant of the bird flu has infected a dairy worker in Nevada marking the state's first human case of the H5N1 avian influenza.

The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident has now been found in dairy cows. Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections. But the U.S.

The H5N1 avian influenza virus—commonly known as bird flu—has been causing outbreaks in dairy cows in the United States since March 2024. Now, scientists studying the adaptation of the avian H5N1 ...

When the current outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was detected in dairy cattle in March 2024, a group of researchers at Iowa State University started to ask questions. “If this ...

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Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza have been on the rise in the United States with Kansas and Minnesota leading ...

This strain of avian influenza emerged in 2022 and brought major losses in the Northern San Joaquin Valley and beyond.

A highly contagious strain of bird flu that’s lethal to poultry and other birds has infiltrated a commercial chicken facility ...